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Jew lizard

Pogona barbata (Cuvier, 1829)

Status not recordedlizards

The jew lizard (Pogona barbata) is a species in the family Agamidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 14.8 g, reach 20.9 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 jew lizard

Weight
14.8 g
Length
16 cm – 20.9 cm
Lifespan
9.9 years
Diet
Omnivore
Longest recorded lifespan
13 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland, shrubland
Egg incubation
70 days
Young per litter or clutch
6 – 50
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 jew lizard?

JEW LIZARD · LENGTH 20.9 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 20.9 cm, the recorded maximum length of the jew lizard is about 12% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the jew lizard 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 jew lizard 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 jew lizard 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 jew lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyAgamidae
  6. genusPogona
  7. SpeciesPogona barbata (Cuvier, 1829)

Synonyms Agama barbata, Amphibolurus barbatus, Grammatophora barbata, Stellio discosomus

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • Bearded dragonEnglish
  • Common bearded dragonEnglish
  • Eastern bearded dragonEnglish
  • agama bradatáCzech
  • Østlig SkægagamDanish
  • BartagameGerman
  • Dragón barbudo del EsteSpanish
  • Agame barbu de l'EstFrench
  • keleti szakállasagámaHungarian
  • ヒガシアゴヒゲトカゲJapanese
  • Brodatogama brodataPolish
  • Dragão-barbudo-orientalPortuguese
  • погонная агамаRussian
  • ngarangxdk
  • 東部鬃獅蜥Chinese
  • Östliche BartagameGerman
  • Бородатая ящерицаRussian
  • Прибрежная агамаRussian
  • бородатая агамаRussian
  • бородатый драконRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the jew lizard

Other species in the same genus Pogona.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the jew lizard?

An adult jew lizard weighs 14.8 g and measures 16 cm – 20.9 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the jew lizard live?

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

How long does the jew lizard live?

The jew lizard has a recorded lifespan of 9.9 years.

What kind of animal is the jew lizard?

The jew lizard (Pogona barbata) 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). Jew lizard (Pogona barbata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/jew-lizard

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BibTeX
@misc{jew_lizard_2026,
  title = {Jew lizard (Pogona barbata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/jew-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}