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title: "Eastern Bearded Dragon"
description: "Pogona barbata — Rettili. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eastern-bearded-dragon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eastern Bearded Dragon

> Pogona barbata — Rettili. 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.

- Scientific name: *Pogona barbata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `zoo` (Zoo e animali domestici), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 8219
- Wikidata: [Q306893](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q306893)
- iNaturalist taxon: [31419](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/31419)

## Names

- en: Eastern Bearded Dragon
- de: Östliche Bartagame
- es: Dragón barbudo del Este
- fr: Agame barbu de l'Est
- pl: Brodatogama brodata

## Countries with the most observations

AU (7922)

## Summary

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, who named it Amphibolurus barbatus.

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

## Photo

![Eastern Bearded Dragon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-bearded-dragon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Martin Predavec · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/114944247

## Machine access

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