Central bearded dragon | 台北市立動物園資訊網

Taxonomy[edit].PogonavitticepswasfirstdescribedbyGermanzoologistErnstAhlin1926,whoplaceditinthegenusAmphibolurus.

Species of lizard

The central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps), also known as the inland bearded dragon, is a species of agamid lizard found in a wide range of arid to semiarid regions of eastern and central Australia.[2]

Pogona vitticeps was first described by German zoologist Ernst Ahl in 1926, who placed it in the genus Amphibolurus.[3][4]

Mature bearded dragons can reach a total length of around 60 cm (24 in), or two feet, with the tail accounting for more than half of that. Some sexual dimorphism is present, as males can be distinguished from females by a wider cloacal opening, a wider tail-base, a larger and more angular head, a more developed beard (guttural throat-pouch), and the obvious possession of hemipenes.[5] Males also have more pronounced femoral pores than females (these can be seen as waxy bumps on the underside of the back legs).[6] Bearded dragons can vary widely in scale colouration, ranging from a blend of light b...