Central Bearded Dragon

Central bearded dragons have made a home for themselves across many arid regions of Australia. They can live in just about any dry habitat and eat many foods, including plants, insects, small rodents and other lizards. And while they can’t breathe fire, they CAN change the color of their “beard” to communicate with other bearded dragons. They can also inflate their head and body and open their mouth extra wide to seem bigger when threatened! When bearded dragons are calm, they might wave a foreleg at others to communicate.

Bearded dragons are active during the day, climbing around their habitat and warming themselves in the sun to maintain their body temperature. If it gets too hot, they climb above ground to cool off. They mate annually, with females laying a dozen or more eggs in a burrow she digs in the ground. The eggs incubate for about 3 months before hatching. Bearded dragons can live at least 12 years in human care.