Reptile (7) - Clouded Monitor Lizard

(Bukit Timah Bicycle Trial - 13 May 09)

Reptile (6) - Many-lined Sun Skink

Skinks are characterised by their smooth scaled skins and small legs. The Many-lined Sun skink is the most common skink species in Singapore. They are usually found basking in the sun along forest tracks.

(Venus Drive - 10 Jan 09)

Reptile (5) - Changeable Lizard

This widespread Asian native can easily be found in parks and gardens. Its colour ranges from brownish-buff to greyish, and in the breeding season the throat of the male becomes red and black.

(Male, Dairy Farm Nature Reserve - 8 Sep 09)

(A female leg - Wild Wild West, 5 Sep 2009)

Reptile (4) - Green Crested Lizard (GCL)

The GCL, in my opinion, is the most photogenic lizard in Singapore. The body colour is bright green, sometimes with a bluish tinge on the head. Its range is in decline possibly due to competition from the more common Changeable Lizard (Calcotes Versicolor). I was lucky to have seen them on a few occasions mostly at Venus Drive (5 times), Pulau Ubin and recently at Margaret Drive.

(Venus Drive - 25 Nov 08)

When threatened, its body can turn into brown colour as seen in the image below:


(Pulau Ubin - 12 Sep 09)

They are usually very skittish to human but on a lucky day, they may allow you to get some close-up shots.

(The eye of GCL - Venus Drive - 9 Jan 09

Reptile (3) - Elegant Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis Formosus)

A common forest snake. Similar to OWS, its body is long and extremely slender. It has large eye which is at least half the diameter of the thinkness of the head. I have seen it at Venus Drive, Bukit Timah Bicycle Trail and Wild Wild West at end corporation road.

(Side view - Bukit Timah Cycling Trail, 9 Jul 09)

(Front view - 9 Jul 09)

Reptile (2) - Malaysian Brown Snake (Xenelaphis Hexagonotus)

This is an uncommon forest snake usually hangs around area near streams, probably hunting for fish and frogs. I have seen it only on 2 occasions, one at Upper Pierce forest and another at Riffle Range forest.


(Upper Pierce - 10 Dec 09)

Reptile (1) - Oriental Whip Snake (Ahaetulla Prasina)

The OWS has a long and slender body which feed on lizards and small birds. It is inoffensive and only mildly venomous. A very photogenic snake. I have seen it at Segar Road bushes, Singapore Botanical Gardens, some bushes near Ngee Ann Polytechnic bus-stop, Macritechi Reservior Trail and the most recent one at Margaret Drive macro site.

(Margaret Drive - 3 Feb 2010)