Central bearded dragon

It reaches sexual maturity at 1.5 years, its eggs incubate for 75 days, and it produces 6 clutches or litters per year with 19 per clutch or litter. Checklists record it in Australia, and it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, which is not a threatened category.

Weight

88.2 g – 385 gsrc for Weight

Length

15.6 cm – 25 cmsrc for Length

Lifespan

12 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Omnivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

18 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

desert, shrublandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

75 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

13.5 – 68src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

18 months – 2 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1 – 6src for Litters or clutches a year

Reproduction

Eggssrc for Reproduction

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

1 countrysrc for Countries on record

The central bearded dragon is listed for 1 country.

The same countries as a list

1. Australia

Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

The central bearded dragon is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classReptilia
4. orderSquamata
5. familyAgamidae
6. genusPogona
7. SpeciesPogona vitticeps (Ahl, 1926)

Synonyms Amphibolurus vitticeps

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistITISTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

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@misc{central_bearded_dragon_2026,
  title = {Central bearded dragon (Pogona vitticeps)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/central-bearded-dragon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}