Komodo Indonesian Fauna Museum and Reptile Park, Natural history museum and reptile park in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Indonesia.
The Komodo Indonesian Fauna Museum and Reptile Park is a natural history museum housed in a building shaped like an enormous Komodo dragon. Inside are multiple floors displaying Indonesian reptiles and amphibians, with outdoor enclosures where living animals are kept.
The museum opened under President Suharto in 1978 based on construction that began in 1975 and finished in 1976. The opening was part of Indonesia's effort to preserve and present its natural heritage.
The building takes the form of a Komodo dragon, an animal found only on Komodo Island in East Nusa Tenggara, and the museum is named after it. The reptile park opened around the museum building on 19 October 1999, and in 2010 the Minister of Forestry designated the site an ex-situ conservation institution in the form of an animal park. Visitors can handle and hold snakes in the Taman Sentuh (touch park) area.
The museum offers separate areas with preserved specimens in climate-controlled rooms and outdoor enclosures with living reptiles. A visit works best when you arrive early and take time to explore both sections.
The reptile park holds more than 67 species, kept in terrariums for snakes and lizards and in large enclosures for saltwater crocodiles, pythons and Komodo dragons. A petting area lets visitors hold or photograph tortoises, iguanas and non-venomous snakes.
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