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    Species Accepted

    Moloch horridus Gray, 1841

    Mountain Devil
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Moloch
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      48 results
      Diable cornu French
      Diablillo espinoso Spanish
      Diablo Espinoso Spanish
      Diablo-espinoso Spanish
      Diaoul kornek Breton
      Dorna diablo Esperanto
      Dornteufel German
      Dragão-espinhoso Portuguese
      Därendäiwel Luxembourgish
      Ejdehayê strîdar Kurdish

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      27 results
      Withers, P.C. & S.D. Bradshaw. (1995). Water and energy balance of the thorny devil Moloch horridus: is the devil a sloth? Amphibia-Reptilia 16(1): 47-54.
      Boulenger, G. A. (1885). Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 Pp.
      Gray, J. E. (1841). Description of some new species and four new genera of reptiles from Western Australia, discovered by John Gould, Esq. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 7: 86-91.
      Pianka, G A; E R Pianka & G G Thompson. (1998). Natural history of thorny devils Moloch horridus (Lacertilia: Agamidae) in the Great Victoria Desert. J. Royal Soc. Western Australia. 81: 183-190.
      Cogger, H. G. (2014). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, Xxx + 1033 Pp.
      Cavalcanti, Lucas B Q; Gabriel C Costa, Guarino R Colli, Eric R Pianka, Laurie J Vitt, Daniel O Mesquita. (2023). Myrmecophagy in lizards: evolutionary and ecological implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023;, Zlad175,.
      Hallermann, J. (2020). An annotated list of reptiles and amphibians from the 1905 Hamburg expedition to southwest Australia deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg. Evolutionary Systematics 4: 61.
      Wilson, S., & Swan, G. (2010). A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 Pp.
      Bush, B. (1981). Reptiles of the Kalgoorlie-Esperance Region. B. Bush, Perth, 46 Pp.
      Siebenrock, & Friedrich. (1892). Ueber Wirbelassimilation bei den Sauriern. Annalen Des Königlichen Kaiserlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseum in Wien 7: 373-378.

      Citation

      Moloch horridus Gray, 1841 in undefined