REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: AGAMIDAE: Pogona

Pogona vitticeps Author and date

Bearded dragon

Photos & text by Dr. Robert Sprackland.

 
Adult bearded dragon at Yathong Nature Preserve, NSW.

Range: Arid regions of southeastern Australia.

Diagnosis:

Description: A stout-bodied lizard with soft spines on the body and a pronounced spiny throat pouch. When alarmed, the lizard may inflate the pouch, making the spiny beard look both large and thorny. (Pogona is Greek for "bearded one.")

Natural History:

Reproduction: Lays eggs in tunnels excavated by the female, or under thick hollow logs.

Taxonomy & Relationships: There are several fairly similar species within the genus Pogona.

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