You can get sick from touching your bearded dragon: US body on Salmonella outbreak

Amid a Salmonella outbreak, US' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said, "44 people sick in 25 states from contact with pet bearded dragons." "Bearded dragons can carry Salmonella germs in their droppings...You can get sick from touching your bearded dragon or anything in its environment and then touching your mouth and swallowing Salmonella germs," it added.