The Komodo dragon, the largest species of lizard now alive, can grow to 10 feet long and nearly 200 pounds. A muscular carnivore armed with sharp teeth, Varanus komodoensis dines on prey as large ...
The dragons from Game of Thrones may be fictitious, but some of these real-life animals aren't so different. The closest were the pterosaurs, whose name literally translates to "winged lizard".
There, dragons are very real … albeit a bit smaller than the Game of Thrones version. Draco lizards are abundant in forests and jungles in Asia and Southern India, and their range extends to ...