pogona

English

a pogona

Etymology

From the genus name, from Ancient Greek πώγων (pṓgōn, “beard”).

Noun

pogona (plural pogonas)

1. A bearded dragon, any lizard of the genus Pogona, native to Australia.
   • 2015 July 6, “Automated Forensic Animal Family Identification by Nested PCR and Melt Curve Analysis on an Off-the-Shelf Thermocycler Augmented with a Centrifugal Microfluidic Disk Segment”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Additionally, DNA of following species not covered by the assay was tested to exclude cross-reactivity: macaque, budgerigar, pogona, and carp.

Further reading

• Pogona on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pogona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pogona on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons