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There are about 110 species of reptiles in Singapore. [1] Most of them are small or rarely seen, but there are a few which are large or prominent. The largest reptiles found in Singapore are the estuarine crocodile and the reticulated python. The ones most commonly seen in urban areas are the house geckos [2] (typically called house lizard by ...
Duméril & Bibron, 1836 [2] The common house gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) is a gecko native to South and Southeast Asia as well as Near Oceania. It is also known as the Asian house gecko, Pacific house gecko, wall gecko, house lizard, tiktiki, chipkali[3] or moon lizard. These geckos are nocturnal; hiding during the day and foraging for ...
Singapore has roughly 80 species of mammals (out of 11 different orders) including 45 species of bats and three species of non-human primates. [9] Currently the only introduced non-domestic mammal species in Singapore is the variable squirrel. [10] The abundance of bats however has been decreasing rapidly due to habitat loss of over 95%. [11]
Sunda flying lemur. The Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus), also called Malayan flying lemur and Malayan colugo is the sole colugo species of the genus Galeopterus. [ 1 ] It is native to Southeast Asia from southern Myanmar, Thailand, southern Vietnam, Malaysia to Singapore and Indonesia and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List ...
Plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus) Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) Raffles' banded langur (Presbytis femoralis) was almost extirpated in Singapore. There are currently about 65 species of mammals in Singapore. [ 1 ] Since the founding of modern Singapore in 1819, over 90 species have been recorded, including megafauna such as ...
Genus: Naja. Species: N. sumatrana. Binomial name. Naja sumatrana. Müller, 1890 [3][4] The Equatorial spitting cobra (Naja sumatrana) also called the Malayan spitting cobra, golden spitting cobra, Sumatran spitting cobra, or Palawan spitting cobra, [5] is a species of spitting cobra found in Southeast Asia.
This is a medium-sized coral snake with a slender body. The adult can reach 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) long. It has a red head, tail and belly. The back is dark blue to black in color, and it usually has a large blue [2] or white stripe on each flank.
The Asian palm civet's long, stocky body is covered with coarse, shaggy hair that is usually greyish in colour. It has a white mask across the forehead, a small white patch under each eye, a white spot on each side of the nostrils, and a narrow dark line between the eyes. The muzzle, ears, lower legs, and distal half of the tail are black, with ...