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{{Taxobox
| image = Bearded Dragon - close-up.jpg
| image_width = 200px
| image_caption = ''[[Pogona vitticeps]]''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Reptile|Reptilia]]
| ordo = [[Squamata]]
| subordo = [[Sauria]]
| familia = [[Agamidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Agaminae]]
| genus = '''''Pogona'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
''[[Pogona barbata]]''<br>
''[[Pogona henrylawsoni]]''<br>
''[[Pogona microlepidota]]''<br>
''[[Pogona minima]]''<br>
''[[Pogona minor]]''<br>
''[[Pogona nullarbor]]''<br>
''[[Pogona vitticeps]]''
}}

'''Bearded dragon''', or the scientific genus '''''Pogona''''', is a variety of [[lizard]]s containing seven species. Several species of the genus have been domesticated, especially ''[[Pogona vitticeps]]'', and a [[Bearded Dragon in captivity]] may be kept as a pet or exhibited. The species are found throughout [[Australia]] and well known.<ref name = "Browne-Cooper">{{cite book |last=Browne-Cooper |first= Robert|coauthors= Brian Bush, Brad Maryan, David Robinson |title= Reptiles and Frogs in the Bush: Southwestern Australia|year= 2007|month= |publisher= [[University of Western Australia]] Press|isbn= 9778 1 920694 74 6 |pages=  p. 160|chapter= |chapterurl= |quote=''Pogona minor minor'', Abrolhos Bearded Dragon }}</ref>

==Description==
The genus is placed in the [[subfamily]] [[Agaminae]] of the family [[Agamidae]]. Their characteristics include spiny scales arranged in rows and clusters. These are found on the throat, which can be expanded when threatened, and at the back of the head. The species also display a hand-waving gesture, thought to draw an attack from any predator that may be in the area. The also have the [[chameleon]]-like ability to change colours during rivalry challenges between males, and in response to temperature change and other stimuli.<ref name="Browne-Cooper" />

==Diversity==
The following is a list of species
*''[[Pogona barbata]]'' [[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]] 1829<br>
*''[[Pogona henrylawsoni]]'' Wells & Wellington 1985<br>
*''[[Pogona microlepidota]]'' Glauert 1952<br>
*''[[Pogona minima]]'' Loveridge 1933<br>
*''[[Pogona minor]]'' [[Sternfeld]] 1919<br>
*''[[Pogona nullarbor]]'' Badham 1976<br>
*''[[Pogona vitticeps]]'' [[Ernst Ahl|Ahl]] 1926 

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