The moloch is a small harmless lizard from the iguana family. It eats black ants. The moloch lizard is covered with harmless spikes and has a very short tail. It's very hard to spot a moloch lizard the best way to find a moloch lizard is to follow it's footsteps.
The jerboa is a mouse - like rodents with bodies ranging from 5 to 15cm. There are 33 species. Jerboas leap up to 3 meters. By day jerboas rest in burrows at night they emerge to find food some jerboas plug their burrows with soil.
Gila monsters live up to 20 years in the wild. The reptiles can grow about 20 inches and the babies are 4 inches and are black and orange or pink in colour. The female gila monster lays 3 eggs. Gila monsters are poisonous but people never died with a gila monster bite. The gila monster eats small mammals and birds.
The sidewinder also known as horn viper. The adults average slightly more than 50 cm but can attain 80 cm. They can live nearly 20 years in captivity. The sidewinder lays from 8 to 23 eggs. They eat birds, rodents and reptiles. It's venomous but its bite is usually not fatal to human.
Conclusion
These are a few of all of the animals that live in the desert. The desert is an important for these animals because it is their home and they adapted to it very well.
Information taken from: Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica
