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Snakes in the grass
Lena Chow encountered an evening drama on 11th April 2015 at Singapore’s Lorong Halus Wetlands. There was a brief battle between a Striped Kukri Snake (Oligodon octolineatus) and a Sunbeam Snake...
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A tale of two Changeable Lizards
“I visited Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve yesterday and in the car park observed a Changeable Lizard (Calotes versicolor). I was photographing it when all of a sudden it pounced on something in the leaf...
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Snakes in my garden…
More than a decade ago I was introduced to an Oriental Whip Snake (Ahaetulla prasina) in my garden (above). This is a slender green snake whose pupil is horizontally elongated. I knew that it was not...
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Malayan Water Monitor visits condominium pool
“Attached are 3 photos one of my neighbours took of a Malayan Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) that came into our condominium premises in the early afternoon of 27th July 2016. “The lizard was spotted...
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Oriental Whip Snake swallows Changeable Lizard
“Decided to walk to the Night Heron look out at the new Visitor Centre of the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve after a volunteers dialogue. This was about 12.10 pm. “While walking back towards the...
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Four bird species mobbing a Wrangler Pit Viper
“On 31st August 2017, I witnessed a joint mobbing by 4 bird species on a male Wrangler Pit Viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri) at Dairy Farm Nature Park (below). The 4 bird species were the Crimson Sunbird...
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Malayan Monitor Lizard released into the school’s eco-wetland
“Monday, a juvenile Malayan Monitor Lizard (Varanus salvator) was found in a toilet at the church compound next to our school, measuring a body span of 45 cm. Suu-Ning (Class 3-8), a student from Eco...
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Nightjar mobbing Malayan Water Monitor
An exciting encounter between a Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) and a huge Malayan Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) at the Singapore Botanic Gardens recently caused some excitement among...
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Scaly-breasted Munias, Red-whiskered Bulbul and a lizard
The Scaly-breasted Munias (Lonchura punctulata) visit my garden regularly since the latter part of 2017 LINK 1 and LINK 2. They come during the late evenings to feed on the seeds of the Siglap Grass...
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Monitor lizard battles python
How-Sung Lee’s video of a Malayan Monitor Lizard (Varanus salvator) battling a Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus) was documented at Pandan River on 12th September 2018. This huge Malayan Monitor...
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Crocodile encounter at Sungei Bulog Wetland Reserve
Jean-Pierre Bousquet’s excellent photos of a tailless Estuarine Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) was documented at the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. The above shows the crocodile posing with a fish...
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Golden Tree Snake failed to swallow a Common Myna
Video grab. Subramanian Chockalingam’s video clip shows a Common Vine Snake (Chrysopelea ornate), known as Golden Tree Snake in India, trying hard to swallow a larger Common Myna (Acridotheres...
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Ptyas carinata (keeled rat snake)
Ptyas carinata (formerly known as Zaocys carinata), the keeled rat snake, is a colubrid. Read this account to find out more about colubrid snakes. This non-venomous, diurnal snake is terrestrial in...
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Giant Asian pond turtle (Hoesemys grandis)
Hoesemys grandis is also known as the Giant Asian Pond Turtle or Giant Leaf Terrapin. The animal’s carapace can grow to 50 cm in length. It lives in ponds, lakes and freshwater swampy forests. Shallow...
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Blue bronzeback (Dendrelaphis cyanochloris) eating a gecko
A blue bronzeback eating a gecko. Photo credit Francis Seow-Choen. The blue bronzeback is an arboreal snake in the Colubridae family. It is characterised by blue skin in between the scales on its neck....
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Long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach) swallowing brown anole (Anolis sagrei)
Protagonist 1: Long-tailed shrike, Lanius schach, the predator. Protagonist 2: Brown anole, Anolis sagrei, the prey. Long-tailed shrike, Lanius schach Family Laniidae 25-28 cm long resident in...
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Oriental Pied Hornbills (Anthracoceros albirostris) & Calotes versicolor
Video screengrab of the Oriental Pied Hornbill with a garden lizard in its strong bill. Video by Wee Yeow Chin. On the evening of 9th June 2022, Wee Yeow Chin, Estela and Generose were chatting in...
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King Cobra with Hood unseen
King Cobra with hood pressed against sides of body. Soh Kam Yung. Lim Chu Kang, Singapore. 21 September 2021. [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96054473 ] shows a king cobra not doing its...
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Scaly-breasted Munias, Red-whiskered Bulbul and a lizard
The Scaly-breasted Munias (Lonchura punctulata) visit my garden regularly since the latter part of 2017 LINK 1 and LINK 2. They come during the late evenings to feed on the seeds of the Siglap Grass...
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Monitor lizard battles python
How-Sung Lee’s video of a Malayan Monitor Lizard (Varanus salvator) battling a Reticulated Python (Python reticulatus) was documented at Pandan River on 12th September 2018. This huge Malayan Monitor...
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