Flickr Pic(kr): Pogona vitticeps

alt="Pogona vitticeps"
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My pick from Flickr; this is a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogona_vitticeps" rel="tag">Pogona
vitticeps
, or href="http://users.erols.com/ziring/dragon-species.html"
rel="tag">Central Bearded Dragon.  The
species is found in central Australia.  Photography by Joachim
S. Müller.  The tags indicate that the picture was taken at a
reptile zoo in Germany.  Click on the image to see a bigger
version.



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