On this picture you can see a thorny devil lizard, also known as thorny lizard. The thorny lizard is the alone species in its genus. The scientific name for the thorny devil lizard is the moloch horridus. The common name for the thorny devil lizard is moloch. The moloch is a quite strange lizard for the look it has, it had spines all over the body. As the thorny lizard is a small and slow moving creature, it is a prey animal, their predators are mostly Bustards, a bird that has the size of a chicken, and humans. The moloch can change colors from yellow to reddish brown that they use as camouflage, this make it easier for them to hide. They also have the ability to put themselves in a ball, which makes them look bigger it is way to defend themselves. The maximum length of a thorny devil lizard is 20cm. It is considered as a harmless lizard. This lizard species is found in Western Australia and in North and South Queensland. Between September and January the thorny devil can lay up to ten eggs which will hatch around three months later. The moloch is mature after three years. The lizard can live about twenty years. Their main food is ants that they can eat in very big quantity, up to three thousand ants for one meal. They can only eat one ant at a time but in a minute they can eat up to forty-five ants. During cold nights when the thorny devil lizard goes to sleep, they dig the soil and cover themselves with it to keep them warm.

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