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Moloch horridus
The thorny devil grows up to 20 cm (8.0 inches) in length, and it can live up to 20 years. Most of these lizards are coloured in camouflaging shades of desert browns and tans. These colours change from pale colours during warm weather and to darker colours during cold weather. These animals are covered entirely with conical spines that are mostly uncalcified.
The thorny devil usually lives in the arid scrubland and desert that covers most of central Australia. For example, the thorny devil inhabits the spinifex (triodia) sandplain and sandridge desert in the deep interior and the mallee belt. The habitation of the thorny devil coincides mostly with the regions of sandy loam soils than with a particular climate in Western Australia.
Although the explanations, I spotted him in Western Australia, in a quite deserted area. We removed him from the road where he tried to cross and put him back to the bush bearby ;)
Spotted on Feb 13, 2010
Submitted on Sep 24, 2012
7 Comments
very interesting creature!
That is a lot of spikes!
Lovely !
Wow he's soooooo cool looking.
Thank you Noel :)
very nice armored creature
Great spot!