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Pogona is a genus of reptiles containing eight lizard species, which are often known by the common name bearded dragons or informally (especially in Australia) beardies. The name "bearded dragon" refers to the underside of the throat (or "beard") of the lizard, which can turn black and become inflated for a number of reasons, most often as a result of stress, if they feel threatened, [2] or ...
Most commonly, domesticated bearded dragons are bred from the Central bearded dragon and the inland bearded dragon. "The Central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps), Western bearded dragon (Pogona ...
The eastern bearded dragon (Pogona barbata), also known as common bearded dragon or simply bearded lizard, is an agamid lizard found in wooded parts of Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is one of a group of species known commonly as bearded dragons .
Bearded dragons do not vocalize, except to hiss softly when threatened. Instead, they communicate through colour displays, posture, and physical gestures, such as arm waving and head bobbing. Bearded dragons are not social animals, but will sometimes gather in groups, especially in popular feeding or basking areas.
Skeleton of bearded dragon (pogona sp.) on display at the Museum of Osteology. Some lizards, particularly iguanas, have retained a photosensory organ on the top of their heads called the parietal eye, a basal ("primitive") feature also present in the tuatara. This "eye" has only a rudimentary retina and lens and cannot form images, but is ...
The 'golden retriever' of reptiles. When bearded dragons are happy, they will sit calmly on your lap for hours, comforted by your body heat − because they're cold-blooded, said Thompson, who ...
A bearded dragon basking in its enclosure. Cavan-Images via Shutterstock. ... Bearded dragons, like many other reptiles, can carry the dangerous salmonella bacteria, a bacteria most commonly ...
Rankin's dragon (Pogona henrylawsoni) is a species of Australian agamid lizard. It may also be called the pygmy bearded dragon (though the name is shared with other small Pogona species) and the black-soiled bearded dragon. The specific epithet, henrylawsoni, is in honor of the Australian author, poet, and philosopher Henry Lawson. [2]