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Eastern Bearded Dragon

Pogona barbata


Where is it found?

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Open woodlands and coastal regions

Diet and foraging method

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Sit and wait hunter
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Key adaptations

The throat of the Eastern-bearded dragon is covered in spiny scales that it can raise up to form a beard which scares away predators.

Social organisation and mating system

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Polygynous

Did you know that...?

Eastern Bearded Dragons raise their spiny scales and display their brightly coloured mouth to warn off predators. 

Taxonomy

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Picture credits:

Maps from: http://species.mol.org/species/
"Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata) (8237077424)" by Matt from Melbourne, Australia - Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata)Uploaded by SunOfErat. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Bearded_Dragon_(Pogona_barbata)_(8237077424).jpg#/media/File:Eastern_Bearded_Dragon_(Pogona_barbata)_(8237077424).jpg
"Pogona barbata (6321792080)" by Donald Hobern from Copenhagen, Denmark - Pogona barbata. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pogona_barbata_(6321792080).jpg#/media/File:Pogona_barbata_(6321792080).jpg
"AndrewMercerIMG 3053 Eastern Bearded Dragon" by Andrew Mercer (www.baldwhiteguy.co.nz) - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AndrewMercerIMG_3053_Eastern_Bearded_Dragon.jpg#/media/File:AndrewMercerIMG_3053_Eastern_Bearded_Dragon.jpg

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