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Dwarf bearded dragon

Pogona minor (Sternfeld, 1919)

Status not recordedlizards

The dwarf bearded dragon (Pogona minor) is a species in the family Agamidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 115.1 g, reach 16.8 cm in length and live up to 9.9 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the dwarf bearded dragon

Weight
115.1 g
Length
11.5 cm – 16.8 cm
Lifespan
9.9 years
Diet
Omnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
desert, shrubland
Egg incubation
70 days
Young per litter or clutch
2 – 19
Age at maturity
2 years
Litters or clutches a year
1 – 3
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
By day (diurnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the dwarf bearded dragon?

DWARF BEARDED DRAGON · LENGTH 16.8 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 16.8 cm, the recorded maximum length of the dwarf bearded dragon is about 9.9% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the dwarf bearded dragon live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The dwarf bearded dragon is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Is the dwarf bearded dragon endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dwarf bearded dragon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyAgamidae
  6. genusPogona
  7. SpeciesPogona minor (Sternfeld, 1919)

Synonyms Amphibolurus barbatus minimus, Amphibolurus barbatus minor, Amphibolurus minor, Amphibolurus mitchelli, Pogona loriae

Other names and names in other languages (16)
  • Mitchell's bearded dragonEnglish
  • Western bearded dragonEnglish
  • Western bearded dragon [minima]English
  • ZwergbartagameGerman
  • Dragón barbudo del OesteSpanish
  • Agame barbu nainFrench
  • törpe szakállasagámaHungarian
  • ヒメアゴヒゲトカゲJapanese
  • Dragão-barbudo-anãoPortuguese
  • Амфиболурус МитчеллаRussian
  • 小鬃獅蜥Chinese
  • Kleine Bartagame [minima]German
  • Westliche BartagameGerman
  • ミッチェルアゴヒゲトカゲJapanese
  • Dragão-barbudo-ocidentalPortuguese
  • Карликовый амфиболурусRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dwarf bearded dragon

Other species in the same genus Pogona.

Jew lizard

Pogona barbata

AgamidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the dwarf bearded dragon?

An adult dwarf bearded dragon weighs 115.1 g and measures 11.5 cm – 16.8 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the dwarf bearded dragon live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the dwarf bearded dragon for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

How long does the dwarf bearded dragon live?

The dwarf bearded dragon has a recorded lifespan of 9.9 years.

What kind of animal is the dwarf bearded dragon?

The dwarf bearded dragon (Pogona minor) belongs to the family Agamidae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dwarf bearded dragon (Pogona minor). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dwarf-bearded-dragon

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BibTeX
@misc{dwarf_bearded_dragon_2026,
  title = {Dwarf bearded dragon (Pogona minor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dwarf-bearded-dragon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}