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Pogona minor

(Western Bearded Dragon, Dwarf Bearded Dragon)

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Dwarf Bearded Dragon, North-West Bearded Dragon, Western Bearded Dragon, Western Bearded Dragon, Dwarf Bearded Dragon

Common Names in German:

Mitchells Bartagame)

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Amphibolurus barbatus minor Sternfeld 1919 • Amphibolurus minor Cogger 1983 • Pogona minor minor Manthey & Schuster 1999: 96 • Pogona minor — Cogger 2000: 349

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Lectotype : SMF 10339 (designated by Mertens 1967) In areas where both mitchellii and minor occur the two forms hybridize (MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999). Max . total length: 40 cm (SVL: 16 cm) [minor] Max. total length: 40 cm (SVL: 170 mm, TL 250 mm) [mitchelli] Named after Latin minor for small or smaller; P. (m. ) mitchelli was named after Francis John Mitchell, Cuator of the South Australian Museum in Adelaide.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Pogona

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:

P. barbata (Eastern Bearded Dragon) · P. henrylawsoni (Black-Soil Bearded Dragon) · P. microlepidota (Kimberley Bearded Dragon) · P. minima (Western Bearded Dragon) · P. minor (Western Bearded Dragon) · P. nullarbor (Nullabor Bearded Dragon) · P. vitticeps (Inland Bearded Dragon)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

Identifiers

Last Revised: 7/21/2012