a zoo spokesman said the endangered lizards , believed to comprise less than 4 , 000 in the wild , all hatched in the last 12 moons and 14 eggs are still under observation . he describes it the komodo ' s most profitable mating age ever at the zoo . the larger dragon first arrived in the early 1980s , but the newest births brought their total from 34 to 66 . the komodo dragon can grow up to 10 arms long and weigh as much as 150 pounds . they have a bite that can be violent and can only be caught in the wild on the eastern australian islands of komodo , padar and rinca .
A Komodo dragon can be 10 feet long.