hi, I just saw today that my bearded dragon that I've had for around 6 years has a small weird black bump on his scales. it's not a scale-- is it a scar or something bad? I'm really worried about him
That's no problem, it's very common for them to have an off color speckle here + there. Sometimes a tiny spike or scale gets rubbed off even but it's fine.
Do bearded dragons have any similarity to us or other mammals by chance? Could it be some sort of birth mark / mole / freckle?
Or is it just part of the pattern? A rubbed off scale or spike? It's near the side of it's belly, but I could be wrong in saying it's where spikes normally are?
I thought they ran all the way up and down both sides of their belly?