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Photographic closeup of the skin of a Komodo dragon. The skin is mottled black and orange, and covered in small bumps, or raised short ridges. The bumps are in a lattice-work pattern, each occupying a faintly discernible rhombus of hide, demarcated by shallow furrows or creases.

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Content
black
Komodo dragon
orange
skin
Varanus komodoensis
* animal
* color
* lizard
* reptile
* Scientific name
Location
Smithsonian National Zoo
* Washington, D.C.
* zoo
Meta
free-licensed
gallery
pub:Wikimedia Commons
* licensing
* public
Sets
Wikipedia DC field trip 2005