#1706 · 🦎 reptiles

Eastern Bearded Dragon

Pogona barbata

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

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. It is one of a group of species known commonly as bearded dragons. Other common names for this species include Jew lizard and frilly lizard , the latter being a confusion between this and another dragon, the frill-necked lizard ( Chlamydosaurus kingii ). This species was originally described in 1829 by Georges Cuvier,...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,696iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
8,696 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Georges Cuvier in 1829 (197 years ago).