Thorny Devil - relative dragons Bashny.Net

This lizard is the only species of the genus Moloch, a famous scientist by the name of Moloch horridus. Lives exclusively in Australia. That is, is endemic to the continent green.

In addition to the above, the lizard has a few names: the thorny dragon, mountain devil, Moloch, and a few names from the natives. The maximum length of the body lizard does not exceed 20 centimeters, and they do not live longer than 20 years. As you can imagine, color thorny devil is dependent on the primary colors of the landscape area of ​​its habitat. Color desert sand, stones, dry vegetation - their main color palette. Moreover, depending on the temperature, also changes color lizard. The principle is simple, the colder it is, the darker the lizard. Most spines spiny devil soft.