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Black-soil Bearded Dragon
Pogona henrylawsoni Wells & Wellington, 1985
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Rankin's dragon (Pogona henrylawsoni) is a species of Australian agamid lizard. It may also be called the pygmy bearded dragon , black-soiled bearded dragon or downs bearded dragon.
The specific epithet, henrylawsoni, is in honor of the Australian author, poet, and philosopher Henry Lawson.
Wikipedia contributors, Rankin's dragon; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:18:59.666387+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pogona henrylawsoni Wells & Wellington, 1985
- Name authority
- Wells & Wellington, 1985
- Common name
- Black-soil Bearded Dragon
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Pogona
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderIguania
- familyAgamidae
- subfamilyAmphibolurinae
- genusPogona
- speciesPogona henrylawsoni Wells & Wellington, 1985
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pogona. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bearded DragonPogona barbata (Cuvier, 1829) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dwarf Bearded DragonPogona minor (Sternfeld, 1919) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nullabor Bearded DragonPogona nullarbor (Badham, 1976) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central Bearded DragonPogona vitticeps (Ahl, 1926) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Kimberley Bearded DragonPogona microlepidota (Glauert, 1952) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Pogona brevis Witten, 1994 Witten, 1994 | synonym |
| Pogona rankini | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Pogona&species=henrylawsoni Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4KV6R. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.