Central bearded dragon
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The central bearded dragon sometimes waves a front leg in a slow circle.
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The central bearded dragon sometimes waves a front leg in a slow circle.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Central bearded dragon
- Scientific name
- Pogona vitticeps
- Japanese name
- フトアゴヒゲトカゲ
- Group
- Amphibians and reptiles
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Pogona
Where the name “Central bearded dragon” comes from
The name bearded dragon refers to its beard-like throat pouch.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity WebA lizard of the dry interior of eastern Australia. It lives in dry woodland, shrubland and grassland.
Under its throat is a pouch covered in spiky scales, its beard. When alarmed, it opens its mouth and puffs out the beard to make its jaw look bigger.
When it finds prey or a plant it can eat, it quickly shoots out its sticky tongue and pulls the food into its mouth.
How the Central bearded dragon lives
During the hottest periods, it is usually active in the early morning and late afternoon. It eats fruit and leaves as well as ants, beetles and small lizards. It climbs onto places such as tree branches and boulders to bask in the sun. It usually lives on its own.
Australian MuseumBasic data
- Range
- Eastern and central Australia
Where the Central bearded dragon has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- フトアゴヒゲトカゲ
- 简体中文
- 鬃狮蜥
- 繁體中文
- 中部鬆獅蜥
- 한국어
- 중부턱수염도마뱀
- Español
- Dragón barbudo
- Français
- Agame barbu
- Deutsch
- Streifenköpfige Bartagame
- Português (Brasil)
- Dragão barbudo
- Italiano
- Drago barbuto
- العربية
- تنين ملتح وسط أسترالي
- Русский
- Бородатая агама
- Türkçe
- Merkezi Sakallı Ejder
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- Australian Museum — Central Bearded DragonChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Pogona vitticepsChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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