Bearded Dragons

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Classification

Common Name: Bearded Dragon

Scientific Name: Pogona vitticeps

 

Complete Classification

 

Domain: Eukarya- Contains cells with a nuclear organelle

 

Kingdom: Animalia- Multi-cellular, mitochondrial heterotroph

 

Phylum: Chordata- Possesses a notochord

 

Class: Reptilia: Cold-blooded, air-breathing and completely ossified skeleton

 

Order: Squamata: Skull with two pairs of temporal openings

 

Family: Agamidae: True lizard, which includes chameleons and geckos

 

Genus: Pogona: Bearded lizard, omnivorous, lives in semiarid habitat

 

Species: Pogona Vitticeps

 

 

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Phylogeny of Bearded Dragon and Its Close Relatives

 

 

Other Animals in the Class Reptilia:

Komodo Dragon

Gila Monster

Frilled Neck Lizard

Snapping Turtle

American Alligator