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title: "Pogona minima"
description: "Pogona minor — Rettili. Pogona minor is a species of agamid lizard from a group commonly known as bearded dragons, and is found on the southwest coast and interior of Western Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/dwarf-bearded-dragon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pogona minima

> Pogona minor — Rettili. Pogona minor is a species of agamid lizard from a group commonly known as bearded dragons, and is found on the southwest coast and interior of  Western Australia.

- Scientific name: *Pogona minor*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1200
- Wikidata: [Q838400](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838400)
- iNaturalist taxon: [31413](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/31413)

## Names

- en: Dwarf Bearded Dragon
- de: Zwergbartagame
- es: Dragón barbudo del Oeste
- fr: Agame barbu nain
- it: Pogona minima

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1149)

## Summary

Pogona minor is a species of agamid lizard from a group commonly known as bearded dragons, and is found on the southwest coast and interior of  Western Australia. The species Pogona minor includes the widespread nominotypical subspecies Pogona minor minor, commonly known as the western bearded dragon, which is widespread across Western Australia between the Pilbara and the south coast, and the subspecies Pogona minor minima, which is confined to the Wallabi Group of islands. There is another subspecies, Pogona minor mitchelli, which lives in tropical woodlands of the Kimberley area of Western Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogona_minor

## Photo

![Pogona minima](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dwarf-bearded-dragon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Astrid Osborne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/340566927

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/dwarf-bearded-dragon?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).