lizard search

[king nick]

One time on TV i saw this amazing lizard. I know nothing about them. All i know is there a medium sized lizard, eat ants, ive never seen them captivity,there spicky all over, and are a redish brown colour.i thought it was called a horny devil but i dont think thats it.Any idea what it is?
nick

[HeatherRose]

I think it's horny/thorny devil, and I think they're found in Australia. Those things are awesome, but I've never heard of anyone keeping one in captivity...

[DragnDrop]

Sounds like Moloch horridus, native to Australia. There is a picture here (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/profiles/photos/aa/aa1303aS.html) on the National Geographic site and Google Images has many more.

Second guess is Phrynosoma species of some sort, a native of Texas and Northern Mexican deserts. They don't have spines all over, but do have some and eat ants.

[king nick]

Perfect . I dident ever think id ever figer out what it was. The Moloch horridus was the one i was thinking of
Thanks Nick

[alan]

Wow, those lizards look wild. I wish they're more common and available for captivity.

[Manitoban Herps]

I already new what they looked like, but I just had to click on the link :D

[mathaldo]

I think there's an article in the newest Reptiles magazine on them...

[Painted Desert]

Honestly, Hilde... you're liking a walking/talking encyclopedia :D You must have found a minute to come in and thaw out...or did the handle on your shovel break?;)

[little_dragon_]

I don't think they would do well in captivity unless you have an unlimited ant farm

[peterm15]

they eat other insects tooo.... ants are like a treat.... it was on that show with the bare foot auzzie guy.... animal instincts or killer instincts... they drink through there feet.... he put one in a jar lid of water and he stayed perfectly still and the water was slowly disipering.... then you could see moisture on his back... it was cool...

sorry... the first thing i said was i gotta try to find one of thoes.... that would be cool

[VI Reptiles]

The first time I saw them I wondered if there in the pet trade because that would be so awesome having a spiky thing like that!

[Tim and Julie B]

Their diet is mainly ants and they will not survive on any other diet. People have tried many times, but the animals always end up dying.:( Here's a good link for you. http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/moloch.html

[peterm15]

good site... thoes would be almost impossible to care for

[Stevo26]

well with all the ants i have running around my house, i could use a couple of them boogers to keep them under control...