Pogona vitticeps (Ahl, 1926)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968178 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FF60-B88D-FF6B-40D37D230D17 |
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Pogona vitticeps (Ahl, 1926) |
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Pogona vitticeps (Ahl, 1926) View in CoL — Non-native; Introduced.
Central Bearded Dragon
Singapore records.
Pogona vitticeps —C.Z.F. Wong & N.T-L. Lim, 2018: 22 (Telok Blangah).
Remarks. Pogona vitticeps is native to Australia ( Cogger 2014), and is exceedingly common in the pet trade, being one of the most familiar and purchased pet reptiles ( Bartlett 2006). As such, the individual found at Telok Blangah on 21 January 2018 is most definitely an abandoned pet (Wong & Lim 2018). A dead one was also seen floating in Kranji Reservoir on 13 January 2021 (J. Tan pers. comm.).
LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.
Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.
Family Chamaeleonidae Gray, 1825 (3 species)
Genus Chamaeleo Laurenti, 1768 (2 species)
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