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Pogona vitticeps

Central Bearded Dragon at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

	Pogona vitticeps	18 Jan 2022	wombey
	Pogona vitticeps	18 Jan 2022	TimL

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This is a follow up to sightings 4416498 and 4419151. @wombey made the comment that the sightings were probably of the same individual and I believe that’s correct. This follow up sighting compares images from the two sightings to support this. The first two images are of the individual sighted on 5/01/2022 and covered by sighting 4416498. These images show damage to the front of the face, which apparently may be due to rubbing against a glass enclosure. The third image shows the individual sighted on 14/01/2022 and covered by sighting 4419151. The same damage is clearly visible, which confirms the same individual in both sightings. The 5/01/2022 sighting of this individual was at the western end of ANBG’s Sydney Region Gully, just to the east of the Red Centre. The second sighting was at the western end of the Red Centre within the lawn area, and approximately 200 m from the 5/01/2022 sighting. The fourth and fifth images of this follow up sighting provide details of the rear of the head area as requested by @WillO to help with identification. The Dragon in this follow up sighting also behaved similarly to the original 5/01/2022 sighting and wasn't afraid. The Dragon ran up to me as I was squatting down photographing it, stopped right next to my foot, bobbed its head a few times, and then ran on for a few metres before stopping and not moving away. I've never seen a Dragon in the wild behave like this.