Pogona barbata in USA

[Pogonabarbata]

Just wondering if anyone has bred this species in the states and produced anything different with them?

 

[Rankins]

They are rather rare, I have only seen 2 in the last 30 years. Sadly the last one I saw was very sick and died.

 

[kingofnobbys]

Bit like rankins , easterns (very common in the bushland around here) , they don't come in many different coloured "morphs" or reduced scale morphs hence , and because they are endemic here (NSW), few people have breeding programs.

They are a bit bigger than centrals , but I can attest they make very good pets too. I had a wild caught one as a pet who tamed up for me in under a week or so and was very gentle (he did bite by baby sister once , I think she was tormenting him or hurt him so got bitten for it).

When I was holidaying at Ulan (near Gulgong) n as a child, I would often go walkabout along the fire trails and dirt roads and often came across easterns on stumps or fences who do their best to pretend to be a bit of the tree stump as you came closer and I could often simply reach out and grab them and pick them up with barely a struggle or wriggle or any tail whipping or scratching by their claws, super laid back beardies who really hadn't learn to fear people and were among the biggest animals around. I think they were more curious about me then scared of me, I nearly always handled them without so much as threat from them, then simply put them back and they'd trot off then.

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

There were some that were brought into the US for breeding purposes, in the early 1980's. They were bred with centrals for morphs & varying patterns, etc. I don't think that there are many of the original blood lines left. The bloodline genetics have been displayed in some of the breeders' offsprings with some of the darker colors, etc.
There may be a few here in the US, for breeding purposes but they are very rare. Australia does not export at all. If they do, then it's only for "research" purposes which can often be gray areas.

Tracie

 

[Rankins]

I assumed the two P. barbata I saw were smuggled into the US, but who knows for sure....
I saw the last one just last year. The lady that had it got it as a rescue and it was very ill. She tried hard to nurse it back to health but it was pretty far gone when she got it. I was giddy with excitement because she said if she could save it she would give it to me. Sadly that didn't work out....

 

[Pogonabarbata]

Ok so there was some at some stage but they are basically either super rare or bred out of existence. Thats a shame, would be nice to see what experienced large scale breeders could do with them. I currently have 3 i recently added to my collection here in Australia, the colors (greys, whites, yellows and black so nothing real bright) and patterns are awesome even compared to the hypo lb central i have.