Pogona minor (STERNFELD, 1919)
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Pogona minor
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Pogona minor minor (STERNFELD 1919) Pogona minor minima (LOVERIDGE 1933) Pogona minor mitchelli (BADHAM 1976) |
| Common Names | E: Western Bearded Dragon, Dwarf Bearded Dragon S: Dragón barbudo del Oeste G: Westliche Bartagame, Zwergbartagame E: Western Bearded Dragon [minima] G: Westliche Bartagame, Kleine Bartagame [minima] |
| Synonym | Amphibolurus barbatus minor STERNFELD 1919: 78 Amphibolurus barbatus minor — STERNFELD 1925: 234 Amphibolurus barbatus minor — GLAUERT 1959 Pogona barbata minor — STORR 1982 Amphibolurus minor — COGGER 1983 Pogona loriae WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 19 (fide SHEA 1999) Pogona minor minor — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 96 Pogona minor — COGGER 2000: 349 Pogona minor — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Pogona minor — MELVILLE & WILSON 2019 Pogona minor — CHAPPLE et al. 2019: 88 Pogona minor minima (LOVERIDGE 1933) Amphibolurus barbatus minimus LOVERIDGE 1933 Amphibolurus barbatus minimus — LICHT et al. 1966 Amphibolurus minimus — BADHAM 1976 Pogona minor minima — STORR 1982 Amphibolurus minimus — COGGER 1983 Pogona minor minima — WILSON & KNOWLES 1988 Pogona minima — COGGER 2000: 349 Pogona minor minima — WILSON & SWAN 2013 Pogona minor minima — COGGER 2014: 752 Pogona minor minima — MELVILLE & WILSON 2019 Pogona minor mitchelli (BADHAM 1976) Amphibolurus mitchelli BADHAM 1976 Pogona minor mitchelli — STORR 1982 Pogona minor mitchelli — WILSON & KNOWLES 1988 Pogona mitchelli — COGGER 1994 Pogona mitchelli — MÜLLER 2002 Pogona mitchelli — SCHUSTER 2005 Pogona mitchelli — MÜLLER 2010 Pogona minor mitchelli — REJ & JOYNER 2018 Pogona minor mitchelli — ELLIS 2019 Pogona minor mitchelli — MELVILLE & WILSON 2019 |
| Distribution | Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia) Type locality: Hermannsburg Mission, upper Finke River, N. T. fide LOVERIDGE 1934. minima: Australia (Western Australia; Houtman's Abrolhos Islands); Type locality: West Wallaby Is., Houtman's Abrolhos, W. A. mitchelli: N Western Australia, NW Northern Territory; Type locality: Derby, Western Australia. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Lectotype: SMF 10339 (designated by Mertens 1967); Paralectotype: ZMB 29651, "Finke-River, Zentralaustralien", leg. M. Leonhardi. Holotype: MCZ 32972 [minima] Holotype: WAM R26828 [mitchelli] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis A moderately small Pogona with a single series of small erect spines along dorsoventral angle of body, distinguishable from P. minor minima by its much shorter appendages and from P. minor mitchelli by its greyish coloration, narrower head and weaker spines (specially those of transverse occipital series) [STORR 1982] |
| Comment | Hybridization: In areas where both mitchellii and minor occur the two forms hybridize (MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999, MÜLLER 2002). Subspecies: The former subspecies Pogona minor mitchelli (BADHAM 1976) and minima have been elevated to full species status. NCBI taxonomy: 206600 [minima] |
| Etymology | Named after Latin “minor” for small or smaller. P. (m.) mitchelli was named after Francis John Mitchell (1929–1970), Curator of the South Australian Museum in Adelaide. |
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