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The thorny devil (Moloch horridus), also known commonly as the mountain devil, thorny lizard, thorny dragon, and moloch, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Australia. It is the sole species in the genus Moloch. It grows up to 21 cm (8.3 in) in total length (including tail), with females generally larger ...
The thorny devil color ranges from light brown to black and resembles bark or rotten wood. Both sexes are wingless and armored with spines on body and legs. Exhibiting the sexual dimorphism of many similar insects (particularly other phasmids as well as mantises ), males are small and thinner, less than 9-10 cm long while females are typically ...
Eurycantha horrida, the thorny devil walking stick, [1] is a species belonging to the stick insects (order Phasmatodea) and to the family Phasmatidae. [ 2 ] Description
(thorny devil) 1 Thorny devil (M. horridus) Physignathus (Chinese water dragon) 1 Chinese water dragon (P. cocincinus) Pogona (bearded dragons) 6 Central bearded dragon (P. vitticeps) Rankinia (heath dragon) 1 Mountain heath dragon (R. diemensis) Tropicagama (swamplands lashtail, northern water dragon) 1 Swamplands lashtail (T. temporalis ...
Thorny devil. More than 400 plant species are found in Rainbow Valley including spinifex grasslands, acacia shrubs and coolibah trees in the western part of the reserve. Mulga trees grow close to the sandstone formations and even on top of them. Desert oaks are more common on the east side of the main formation. [3]: 47
The common names spiny-headed katydid, spine-headed katydids, spike-headed katydids, thorny devil katydid, thorny devil bush cricket, and similar variations of the sort, do not apply to a single species or to this genus alone, and multiple species are often called by the same common name. Panacanthus are omnivorous but with strong predatory ...
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Phrynosoma, whose members are known as the horned lizards, horny toads, or horntoads, is a genus of North American lizards and the type genus of the family Phrynosomatidae. ...