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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molox_(k%C9%99rt%C9%99nk%C9%99l%C9%99)" title="Molox (kərtənkələ) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Molox (kərtənkələ)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%A8" title="থর্নি ড্রাগন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="থর্নি ড্রাগন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%85_(%D0%B3%D1%83%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%80)" title="Молох (гущер) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Молох (гущер)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaoul_kornek" title="Diaoul kornek – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Diaoul kornek" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diable_espin%C3%B3s" title="Diable espinós – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Diable espinós" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch_horridus" title="Moloch horridus – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Moloch horridus" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch_ostnit%C3%BD" title="Moloch ostnitý – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Moloch ostnitý" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molok_(%C3%B8gle)" title="Molok (øgle) – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Molok (øgle)" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornteufel" title="Dornteufel – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Dornteufel" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nv mw-list-item"><a href="https://nv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahat%CA%BCe%CA%BCiitsoh_Bik%C3%A9yahd%C4%99%CC%81%C4%99%CC%81%CA%BC_na%CA%BCash%C7%AB%CC%81%CA%BCii_dich%CA%BC%C3%ADzhii" title="Nahatʼeʼiitsoh Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ naʼashǫ́ʼii dichʼízhii – Navajo" lang="nv" hreflang="nv" data-title="Nahatʼeʼiitsoh Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ naʼashǫ́ʼii dichʼízhii" data-language-autonym="Diné bizaad" data-language-local-name="Navajo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Diné bizaad</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch_horridus" title="Moloch horridus – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Moloch horridus" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorna_diablo" title="Dorna diablo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Dorna diablo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch_horridus" title="Moloch horridus – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Moloch horridus" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="شیطان خاردار – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شیطان خاردار" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch_horridus" title="Moloch horridus – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Moloch horridus" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B0%80%EC%8B%9C%EB%8F%84%EB%A7%88%EB%B1%80" title="가시도마뱀 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="가시도마뱀" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadal_berduri" title="Kadal berduri – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kadal berduri" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch_horridus" title="Moloch horridus – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Moloch horridus" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%A0%D7%99" title="מולך קוצני – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מולך קוצני" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98" title="მოლოქი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მოლოქი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%85" title="Молох – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Молох" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejdehay%C3%AA_str%C3%AEdar" title="Ejdehayê strîdar – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Ejdehayê strîdar" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D2%AF%D2%AF_%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA" title="Тикендүү кескелдирик – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Тикендүү кескелдирик" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%85_(%D1%88%D3%93%D0%BA%D1%88%D3%93%D0%BB%D1%8C%D3%B9)" title="Молох (шӓкшӓльӹ) – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="Молох (шӓкшӓльӹ)" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A4rend%C3%A4iwel" title="Därendäiwel – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Därendäiwel" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCsk%C3%A9s_%C3%B6rd%C3%B6g" title="Tüskés ördög – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Tüskés ördög" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B3%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB" title="മുള്ളൻ ചെകുത്താൻ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മുള്ളൻ ചെകുത്താൻ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%83" title="الشيطان الشائك – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="الشيطان الشائك" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergduivel" title="Bergduivel – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bergduivel" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%AD%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B2" title="モロクトカゲ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="モロクトカゲ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torndjevel" title="Torndjevel – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Torndjevel" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lootuu_Sheeyxaanaa" title="Lootuu Sheeyxaanaa – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Lootuu Sheeyxaanaa" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moloch_straszliwy" title="Moloch straszliwy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Moloch straszliwy" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabo-espinhoso" title="Diabo-espinhoso – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Diabo-espinhoso" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%85_(%D1%8F%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0)" title="Молох (ящерица) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Молох (ящерица)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorny_devil" title="Thorny devil – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Thorny devil" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%85_%D0%B3%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%86" title="Молох гмизавац – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Молох гмизавац" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piikkipiru" title="Piikkipiru – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Piikkipiru" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taggagam" title="Taggagam – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Taggagam" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reptile" title="Reptile">Reptilia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Squamata" title="Squamata">Squamata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Suborder: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iguanomorpha" title="Iguanomorpha">Iguania</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agamidae" title="Agamidae">Agamidae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Subfamily: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Amphibolurinae" title="Amphibolurinae">Amphibolurinae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Moloch</i></a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Gray" title="John Edward Gray">Gray</a>, 1841</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Species: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="species"><i><b>M. horridus</b></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" title="Binomial nomenclature">Binomial name</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><b><span class="binomial"><span style="font-weight:normal;"></span><i>Moloch horridus</i></span></b><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Gray" title="John Edward Gray">Gray</a>, 1841</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Moloch_horridus_distribution_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Moloch_horridus_distribution_map.png/220px-Moloch_horridus_distribution_map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Moloch_horridus_distribution_map.png/330px-Moloch_horridus_distribution_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Moloch_horridus_distribution_map.png/440px-Moloch_horridus_distribution_map.png 2x" data-file-width="5297" data-file-height="3800" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%">Distribution of <i>Moloch horridus</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Synonym_(taxonomy)" title="Synonym (taxonomy)">Synonyms</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: left"> <p><i>Acanthosaura gibbosus</i> </p> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>The <b>thorny devil</b> (<i><b>Moloch horridus</b></i>), also known <a href="/wiki/Common_name" title="Common name">commonly</a> as the <b>mountain devil</b>, <b>thorny lizard</b>, <b>thorny dragon</b>, and <b>moloch</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Species" title="Species">species</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lizard" title="Lizard">lizard</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">family</a> <a href="/wiki/Agamidae" title="Agamidae">Agamidae</a>. The species is <a href="/wiki/Endemism" title="Endemism">endemic</a> to <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. It is the <a href="/wiki/Monotypic_taxon" title="Monotypic taxon">sole species</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Genus" title="Genus">genus</a> <i><b>Moloch</b></i>. It grows up to 21 cm (8.3 in) in total length (including tail), with females generally larger than males. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2></div> <p>The thorny devil was first <a href="/wiki/Species_description" title="Species description">described</a> by the biologist <a href="/wiki/John_Edward_Gray" title="John Edward Gray">John Edward Gray</a> in 1841. While it is the only species contained in the genus <i>Moloch</i>, many taxonomists suspect another species might remain to be found in the wild.<sup id="cite_ref-Browne-Cooper_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Browne-Cooper-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The thorny devil is only distantly related to the <a href="/wiki/Morphology_(biology)" title="Morphology (biology)">morphologically</a> similar <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North American</a> <a href="/wiki/Horned_lizard" title="Horned lizard">horned lizards</a> of the genus <i>Phrynosoma</i>. This similarity is usually thought of as an example of <a href="/wiki/Convergent_evolution" title="Convergent evolution">convergent evolution</a>. </p><p>The names given to this lizard reflect its appearance: the two large horned scales on its head complete the illusion of a dragon or devil. The name <a href="/wiki/Moloch" title="Moloch">Moloch</a> was used for a deity of the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Near_East" title="Ancient Near East">ancient Near East</a>, usually depicted as a hideous beast.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The thorny devil also has other nicknames people have given it such as the "devil lizard", "horned lizard", and the "thorny toad".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2></div> <p>The thorny devil grows up to 21 cm (8.3 in) in total length (including tail),<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and can live for 15 to 20 years. The females are larger than the males. Most specimens are coloured in camouflaging shades of desert browns and tans. These colours change from pale colours during warm weather to darker colours during cold weather. The thorny devil is covered entirely with conical spines that are mostly uncalcified. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thorny_devil_pale.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Thorny_devil_pale.jpg/220px-Thorny_devil_pale.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Thorny_devil_pale.jpg/330px-Thorny_devil_pale.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Thorny_devil_pale.jpg/440px-Thorny_devil_pale.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1507" /></a><figcaption>A thorny devil in <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a></figcaption></figure> <p>An intimidating array of spikes covers the entire upper side of the body of the thorny devil. These thorny scales also help to defend it from <a href="/wiki/Predator" class="mw-redirect" title="Predator">predators</a>. <a href="/wiki/Camouflage" title="Camouflage">Camouflage</a> and deception may also be used to evade predation. This lizard's unusual gait involves freezing and rocking as it moves about slowly in search of food, water, and mates.<sup id="cite_ref-Browne-Cooper_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Browne-Cooper-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The thorny devil also features a spiny "false head" on the back of its neck, and the lizard presents this to potential predators by dipping its real head. The "false head" is made of soft tissue.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The thorny devil's scales are ridged, enabling the animal to collect water by simply touching it with any part of the body, usually the limbs; <a href="/wiki/Capillary_action" title="Capillary action">capillary action</a> transports the water to the mouth through channels in its skin.<sup id="cite_ref-Browne-Cooper_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Browne-Cooper-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The thorny devil is also equipped to harvest moisture in the dry desert following nighttime's extremely low temperatures and the subsequent condensation of <a href="/wiki/Dew" title="Dew">dew</a>. The process involves moisture contact, their hydrophilic skin surface structures with capillaries, and an internal transport mechanism.<sup id="cite_ref-Comanns3_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Comanns3-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The lizard rubs its body against the moist substrate and shovels damp sand onto its back, the outer epidermis layer equipped to draw in cutaneous moisture.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Keratin" title="Keratin">keratinous fibered</a> epidermis is hydrophilic with hexagonal microstructures on the scale surfaces. When trace amounts of water contact its skin (pre-wetting) these microstructures fill with water, the skin surface becoming <a href="/wiki/Superhydrophilicity" title="Superhydrophilicity">superhydrophilic</a>. This allows moisture to spread across wider surface areas, yielding faster uptake, as water is collected via capillary action in small channels located between its scales.</li> <li>Captured water is transported passively via capillary action in semi-tubular channels located beneath the partially overlapping scales, in an asymmetric and interconnected system that extends over the lizard's entire body surface. The channels terminate at the mouth where active ingestion (drinking) is observable by jaw movements when moisture is plentiful, e.g. water puddles.</li></ul> <p>The same hydrophilic moisture-harvesting physiology is characteristic in the <a href="/wiki/Texas_horned_lizard" title="Texas horned lizard">Texas horned lizard</a> (<i>Phrynosoma cornutum</i>), roundtail horned lizard (<i><a href="/wiki/Phrynosoma_modestum" class="mw-redirect" title="Phrynosoma modestum">Phrynosoma modestum</a></i>), desert horned lizard (<i>Phrynosoma platyrhinos</i>), Arabian toad-headed agama (<i><a href="/wiki/Phrynocephalus_arabicus" title="Phrynocephalus arabicus">Phrynocephalus arabicus</a></i>), sunwatcher toadhead agama (<i><a href="/wiki/Phrynocephalus_helioscopus" title="Phrynocephalus helioscopus">Phrynocephalus helioscopus</a></i>), <i><a href="/wiki/Phrynocephalus_horvathi" title="Phrynocephalus horvathi">Phrynocephalus horvathi</a></i>, yellow-spotted agama (<i><a href="/wiki/Trapelus_flavimaculatus" class="mw-redirect" title="Trapelus flavimaculatus">Trapelus flavimaculatus</a></i>), <i>Trapelus pallidus</i> and desert agama (<i><a href="/wiki/Trapelus_mutabilis" title="Trapelus mutabilis">Trapelus mutabilis</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Comanns2b_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Comanns2b-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Distribution_and_habitat">Distribution and habitat</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MolochLyd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/MolochLyd.jpg/220px-MolochLyd.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/MolochLyd.jpg/330px-MolochLyd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/MolochLyd.jpg/440px-MolochLyd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1027" data-file-height="639" /></a><figcaption>Illustration from <a href="/wiki/Richard_Lydekker" title="Richard Lydekker">Lydekker</a>'s <i>The Royal Natural History</i></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thorny_Devil_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Thorny_Devil_crop.jpg/170px-Thorny_Devil_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="270" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Thorny_Devil_crop.jpg/255px-Thorny_Devil_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Thorny_Devil_crop.jpg/340px-Thorny_Devil_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="358" data-file-height="568" /></a><figcaption>Thorny devil underside, Western Australia</figcaption></figure> <p>The thorny devil usually lives in the arid <a href="/wiki/Scrubland" class="mw-redirect" title="Scrubland">scrubland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Desert" title="Desert">desert</a> that covers most of <a href="/wiki/Central_Australia" title="Central Australia">central Australia</a>, sandplain and sandridge desert in the deep interior and the <a href="/wiki/Mallee_(biogeographic_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mallee (biogeographic region)">mallee belt</a>. </p><p>The habitat of the thorny devil coincides more with the regions of sandy <a href="/wiki/Loam" title="Loam">loam</a> soils than with a particular climate in <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Self-defense">Self-defense</h2></div> <p>The thorny devil is covered in hard, rather sharp spines that dissuade attacks by predators by making it difficult to swallow. It also has a false head on its back. When it feels threatened by other animals, it lowers its head between its front legs, and then presents its false head. <a href="/wiki/Predator" class="mw-redirect" title="Predator">Predators</a> that consume the thorny devil include wild birds and <a href="/wiki/Goanna" title="Goanna">goannas</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diet">Diet</h2></div> <p>The thorny devil mainly subsists on ants, especially <i><a href="/wiki/Ochetellus_flavipes" title="Ochetellus flavipes">Ochetellus flavipes</a></i> and other species in the <i><a href="/wiki/Camponotus" class="mw-redirect" title="Camponotus">Camponotus</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Ectatomma" title="Ectatomma">Ectatomma</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-animaldiversity.org_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animaldiversity.org-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Iridomyrmex" title="Iridomyrmex">Iridomyrmex</a></i> (especially <i><a href="/wiki/Iridomyrmex_rufoniger" title="Iridomyrmex rufoniger">Iridomyrmex rufoniger</a></i>),<sup id="cite_ref-animaldiversity.org_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animaldiversity.org-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Monomorium" title="Monomorium">Monomorium</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-animaldiversity.org_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animaldiversity.org-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Ochetellus" title="Ochetellus">Ochetellus</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pheidole" title="Pheidole">Pheidole</a></i>, or <i><a href="/wiki/Polyrhachis" title="Polyrhachis">Polyrhachis</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-animaldiversity.org_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-animaldiversity.org-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> genera.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thorny devils often eat thousands of ants in one day.<sup id="cite_ref-Browne-Cooper_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Browne-Cooper-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The thorny devil collects moisture in the dry desert by the condensation of dew. This dew forms on its skin in the early morning as it begins to warm outside. Then the dew is channeled to its mouth by gravity and <a href="/wiki/Capillary_action" title="Capillary action">capillary action</a> via the channels between its spines. During rainfalls, capillary action allows the thorny devil to absorb water from all over its body. Capillary action also allows the thorny devil to absorb water from damp sand. Absorption through sand is the thorny devil's main source of water intake.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reproduction">Reproduction</h2></div> <p>The female thorny devil lays a clutch of three to ten <a href="/wiki/Egg_(biology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egg (biology)">eggs</a> between September and December. She puts these in a nesting burrow about 30 cm underground. The eggs hatch after about three to four months.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_reference">Popular reference</h2></div> <p>The popular appeal of the thorny devil is the basis of an anecdotal petty scam. American servicemen stationed in <a href="/wiki/Southwest_Australia" title="Southwest Australia">Southwest Australia</a> decades ago (such as during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>) were supposedly sold the thorny fruits of a species of weeds, the so-called "double gee" (<i><a href="/wiki/Emex_australis" class="mw-redirect" title="Emex australis">Emex australis</a></i>), but those were called "thorny devil eggs" as a part of the scam.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Thorny devils have been kept in captivity.<sup id="cite_ref-Browne-Cooper_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Browne-Cooper-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-iucn_status_19_November_2021-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-iucn_status_19_November_2021_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDoughty,_P.Melville,_J.Craig,_M.Sanderson,_C.2017" class="citation journal cs1">Doughty, P.; Melville, J.; Craig, M.; Sanderson, C. 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