I have certainly been impressed by how well bearded dragons sell. I recently bought 10 of them and quickly sold 7, in effect winding up with three almost for free. I made all my money back, just had to spend some time selling them.
I noticed that when I was selling them at two shows I had them at, a few people asked me if I had or knew of a source of Rankin's Bearded Dragons (aka: Lawson's Bearded Dragons, and Lesser Bearded Dragons); scientific name: Pogona henrylawsoni (aka: P. brevi and P. rankeni). I did not know of a source, but these inquiries got me curious. The Rankin's is one of the smaller bearded dragons growing to a length of about 14 inches as opposed to the Inland Bearded Dragons attainable 22 inches. This sounds like a lizard for those who like beardies but shy away from them because of their larger size. With this in mind I am thinking of buying some for a breeding/sales project.
Any information on these would be appreciated. I am particularly interested in sources of them, pricing, breeding information (especially clutch size), sexing methods, and any unusual care requirements that these have which are different from the inland bearded Dragon. Even if you know only some of the info, please reply so I can at least get a bit here and there to put together.
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Glenn Bartley