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SpeciesAgamidae
Reptiles

🦎Thorny devil

Moloch horridus Gray, 1841

The thorny devil, 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, with females generally larger than males.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2017.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
0.06 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
20 years
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Everything we know about the Thorny devil

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Body mass
0.06 kgmaximum recorded
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Maximum lifespan
20 yearsmaximum recorded
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Diet
Carnivorous
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Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Foraging mode
AMB
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Venomous
No
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Snout–vent length
0.12 mmaximum recorded
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By sex

  • Female0.11 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l
0.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyAgamidae
  5. ›genusMoloch
  6. ›speciesMoloch horridus
Full lineage
  1. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  2. familyAgamidae
  3. subfamilyAmphibolurinae
  4. genusMoloch
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. suborderIguania
  12. familyAgamidae
  13. subfamilyAmphibolurinae
  14. genusMoloch
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Dornteufel (de), Moloch straszliwy (pl), Moloch horridus (fr), מולך קוצני (he), Moloch horridus (es), tüskés ördög (hu) … and 22 more languages
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