Moloch horridus Gray, 1841

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Reptilia

order

Squamata

family

Agamidae

genus

Moloch

species

Moloch horridus

Name

Synonyms

Acanthosaurus gibbosus Berthold, 1846

Homonyms

Moloch horridus Gray, 1841

Common names

Dornteufel in language.

Moloch in language.

Mountain Devil in English

Thorny Devil in English

Thorny Devil in English

Bibliographic References

1. Berthold,A.A. (1846) Mittheilungen über das zoologische Museum zu Göttingen. I. Verzeichnisss der aufgestellten Reptilien.: Nachr. G. A. Univ. K. Gesell. Wiss. Göttingen 8-10: 1-28
2. Boulenger, G.A. (1885) Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae.: London: 450 pp.
3. Cogger, H. G. (2014) Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed.: CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp.
4. Cogger,H.G. (2000) Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed.: Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
5. Frank, Norman & Ramus, Erica (1995) A Complete Guide to Scientific and Common Names of Reptiles and Amphibians of the World.: Pottsville: N G Publishing Inc., 377 pp.
6. 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
7. Hutchinson, Mark N. and Rhonda G. Hutchinson (2011) Karyotypes of Moloch and Chelosania (Squamata: Acrodonta).: Journal of Herpetology 45 (2): 216-218.
8. Macey, J. R., J. A. Schulte II, A. Larson, N. B. Ananjeva, Y. Wang, R. Pethiyagoda, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, T. J. Papenfuss (2000) Evaluating trans-Tethys migration: an example using acrodont lizard phylogenetics.: Systematic Biology 49 (2): 233-256
9. Manthey,U. & SCHUSTER,N. (1999) Agamen, 2. Aufl.: Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 120 pp.
10. Pianka, E. R. (1969) Habitat specificity, speciation, and species density in Australian desert lizards.: Ecology 50 (3): 498-502
11. Pianka, Eric R. (1997) Australia's Thorny Devil.: Reptiles 5 (11): 14-23
12. Pianka, Eric R.;Pianka, Helen D. (1970) The ecology of Moloch horridus (Lacertilia: Agamidae) in Western Australia.: Copeia 1970 (1): 90-103
13. 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. Roy. Soc. West. Aust. 81: 183-190
14. Siebenrock, Friedrich (1892) Ueber Wirbelassimilation bei den Sauriern.: Annalen des Königlichen Kaiserlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseum in Wien 7: 373-378
15. Wilson, S. & Swan, G. (2010) A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed.: Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.