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Pogona vitticeps (AHL, 1926)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Amphibolurinae), Sauria (lizards) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Central Bearded Dragon
G: Bartagame, Streifenköpfige Bartagame
S: Dragón barbudo central 
SynonymAmphibolurus vitticeps AHL 1926
Amphibolurus vitticeps — COGGER 1983
Pogona vitticeps — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 98
Pogona vitticeps — COGGER 2000: 350
Pogona vitticeps — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, North Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria)

Type locality: Australia Map legend:
TDWG region - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.

NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 30101. 
CommentAdults of Pogona vitticeps are smaller towards the southern limit of the distribution of the species, the smallest animals occurring in the Big Desert in western Victoria. Females are not markedly smaller at sexual maturity than males, but males mature at a much smaller size. Data from P. barbata suggest that early male maturity in southern areas may occur also in that species. Relative growth and external morphology indicates that the Big Desert population is not taxonomically distinct from P. vitticeps. Factors causing the reduced size of animals in the population are unknown (WITTEN & COVENTRY 1990).

Max. SVL: 25 cm, tail length: 30 cm (max. length: 60 cm).

Reproduction: High incubation temperatures of eggs reverse genotypic males (ZZ) to phenotypic females in P. vitticeps, which has genetic sex determination (GSD) with female heterogamety. Between 22° and 32°C, sex ratios did not differ significantly from 1:1, a response consistent with GSD. However, between 34° and 37°C, there was an increasing female bias, suggesting that temperature was overriding genotypic sex in some males (Quinn et al. 2007).

Diagnosis: in Badham 1976 
References
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  • Badham J A 1976. The Amphibolurus barbatus species-group (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 24(3) 1976: 423-443 - get paper here
  • Bonetti, Mathilde 2002. 100 Sauri. Mondadori (Milano), 192 pp.
  • Cogger,H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • Ezaz, T. et al. 2009. Sex Chromosome Evolution in Lizards: Independent Origins and Rapid Transitions. Cytogenet Genome Res 127: 249-260 - get paper here
  • Ezaz, Tariq; Quinn, Alexander E.; Miura, Ikuo; Sarre, Stephen D.; Georges, Arthur; Graves, Jennifer 2005. The dragon lizard Pogona vitticeps has ZZ/ZW micro-sex chromosomes. Chromosome Research 13:763-776.
  • Freynik, C. & Drewes, O. 2011. Die Bartagame, Zwergbartagame & Australische Taubagame. Vivaria-Verlag, Meckenheim, 80 pp. [review in Reptilia #98: 82]
  • Fritz, P. 2005. Haltung der Streifenköpfigen Bartagame Pogona vitticeps. Iguana-Rundschreiben 18 (2): 9-14
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  • Witten G J. COVENTRY A J. 1990. SMALL POGONA-VITTICEPS REPTILIA AGAMIDAE FROM THE BIG DESERT VICTORIA AUSTRALIA WITH NOTES ON OTHER POGONA POPULATIONS. ROYAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA PROCEEDINGS 102 (2): 117-120
 
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