(Pogona vitticeps)

Bearded Dragons are lizards that eat insects and spiders, small rodents and other lizards, but survive mostly on vegetation, leaves, fruits and flowers and will grow to be 2 feet long. They live for as many as 10-15 years in Australia's deserts and woodlands.

When Bearded Dragons are threatened or aroused they will expand and darken a pouch below their jaws resembling a beard, lending the animal their name. They are friendly.