Scientifically known as thorn dragon, a species of lizard that lives in the Australian deserts.
Due to the arid and harsh weather all year round, their skin has evolved into hard scales to limit water loss from the body and to protect them from enemies.
Thorny dragon
Scientifically known as thorn dragon, a species of lizard that lives in the Australian deserts. Due to the arid and harsh weather all year round, their skin has evolved into hard scales to limit water loss from the body and to protect them from enemies.
Dragon lizards like to eat ants. When attacked, they try to defend themselves by curling their body up like a ball of spikes and rolling at the enemy.
, they try to defend themselves by curling their body up like a ball of spikes and rolling at the enemy.