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Dwarf Bearded Dragon
Pogona minor (Sternfeld, 1919)
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
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Pogona minor; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:56:06.885737+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pogona minor (Sternfeld, 1919)
- Name authority
- (Sternfeld, 1919)
- Common name
- Dwarf 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 minor (Sternfeld, 1919)
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 |
| Nullabor Bearded DragonPogona nullarbor (Badham, 1976) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Central Bearded DragonPogona vitticeps (Ahl, 1926) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black-soil Bearded DragonPogona henrylawsoni Wells & Wellington, 1985 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Amphibolurus mitchelli Badham, 1976 Badham, 1976 | synonym |
| Amphibolurus barbatus minor Sternfeld, 1919 Sternfeld, 1919 | synonym |
| Amphibolurus barbatus minimus Loveridge, 1933 Loveridge, 1933 | synonym |
| Pogona loriae Wells & Wellington, 1985 Wells & Wellington, 1985 | 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=minor 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:4KV6V. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.