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A friendly hello from Digit, the six fingered/toed bearded dragon!

(Note that this picture is watermarked to deter people from trying to 'sell' my bearded dragon using this image)

I have never seen a six toed/fingered bearded dragon before, but I am sure it happens. How many of you have a beardie with six digits on it's claws?

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Before you post a comment bringing up the topic of inbreeding let me state that this bearded dragon is not the result of too much inbreeding. The bloodlines of this bearded dragon's parents and their parents are different.

Rick
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i have to say this is the first 6-toed bearded dragon i have seen or heard of. i do not think it's too common with bearded dragons but i know extra toes is pretty common with other animals, such as cats.

i am not sure if extra toes is directly related to inbreeding [because there are very few new bearded dragons being brought into the US from outside sources, mostly because of the export ban of all native wildlife from Austrilia and very few purchases from European bloodlines, practically all bearded dragons in north american are related, some may be more distantly than others]. so even though you do have a pair of dragons who are not from the same parents, or maybe even the same grandparents, they could still potentially be genetically related. but even completely unrelated parents could still happen to carry the same defective recessive trait.

the baby deffinitely looks healthy and alert so the extra toes may not be a sign or related to other health problems. i think it's quite neat, i know other animals with mulitple digits can live full happy lives with little if any hinderance from a few extra toes.

keep us posted on his progress.
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PHLdyPayne