These lizards are primarily terrestrial but can climb several feet up tree trunks and fence posts. They live in areas where food may be hard to find so they are not fussy eaters and have large stomachs to allow them to eat large quantities of food when found.

Bearded Dragons get their name from their ability to "puff out" a throat pouch that has prominent spikes formed from modified scales.

Bearded dragons sometimes drink by standing in the rain with their back legs fully extended, so the rain drops run down their tail and body, arriving at their head, where they lick the drops off.