Species Pogona barbata (Cuvier, 1829)

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Species Pogona barbata (Cuvier, 1829)

Bearded Dragon, Common Bearded Dragon, Eastern Bearded Dragon

Agama barbata Cuvier, G. 1829. Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Paris : Déterville Vol. 2, Edn 2, i-xv + pp. 1-406. [35] [as Ag. barbata].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHNP 7489 stuffed, mounted, Australia
Comment: Since the Cuvier (1829) description does not provide any indication that more than one specimen was involved, and Badham (1976) reported MNHN 7489 as “the type” of Agama barbata, Shea (2001) selected Badham's listing as lectotype designation. The remaining specimens previously considered syntypes of A. barbata are desginated as types of S. discosomus by Shea (2001).
Subsequent designation references:
Badham, J.A. 1976. The Amphibolurus barbatus species-group (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 24: 423-443.
Stellio discosomus Péron, F. 1807. Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, Fait par Ordre du Gouvernement, sur les Corvettes le Géographique, le Naturaliste, et la goëlette le Casuarina, pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Historique. Paris : Arthus Bertrand Vol. 1. [404] [nomen oblitum].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHNP 7489 stuffed, mounted, Australia.
Paralectotype(s) MNHNP 2599 whole specimen in alcohol, Australia; MNHNP 7375 stuffed, mounted, Australia.
Subsequent designation references:
Shea, G.M. 2001. An overlooked senior synonym of Pogona barbata (Cuvier,1829) (Squamata: Agamidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 22(1): 124-127 [125].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Shea, G.M. 2001. An overlooked senior synonym of Pogona barbata (Cuvier,1829) (Squamata: Agamidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 22(1): 124-127

Generic Combinations

Pogona barbata (Cuvier, 1829). —
Storr, G.M. 1982. Revision of the bearded dragons (Lacertilia: Agamidae) of Western Australia with notes on the dismemberment of the genus Amphibolurus. Records of the Western Australian Museum 10(2): 199-214 [201] (new combination as type species of the genus Pogona)
Amphibolurus barbatus (Cuvier, 1829). —
Wiegmann, A.F.A. 1834. Herpetologia Mexicana, seu Descriptio Amphibiorum Novae Hispaniae. Berlin : Lüderitz. [17]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
- Victoria