Who would have thought the lizard might bring a reasonable income?

In Jombang, East Java, a young man capable of making millions of rupiah from dried lizard business. Until now, the demand for dried lizard is said to cure the disease is never subsided. Eko Alek, Jombok Village residents, District Ngoro, poring over dry lizard supply business since five years ago.

Every day, thousands of lizard tails collected by Eko from the suppliers originating from his village or neighboring villages. For every one kilo of wet lizard, Eko to pay RP25 thousand. The lizards that had been purchased then dried in a way entered into the oven for 24 hours. After dry, the lizards is packaged for shipment to customers.

This dried lizard marketing has penetrated into a number of cities such as Surabaya, Jakarta, Palembang and even abroad.

In one month, Eko can of supplying 60 to 100 kilograms of dried lizard. Eko able to reap rp10 million per month. Eko said that business dried lizard stems from his parents who said that this reptile efficacious cure various diseases.