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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Singapore Lizards

Suborder Lacertilia


Geckos

Fox-faced Gecko (Aeluroscalabotes felinus) Peninsular Rock Gecko (Cnemaspis peninsularis) Frilly Gecko (Cosymbotes craspedotus) Flat-tailed Gecko (Cosymbotes platyurus)
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Peter's Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus consobrinus) Singapore Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus majulah) Marbled Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus quadrivirgatus) Peninsular Bent-toed Gecko (Cyrtodactylus semenanjungensis)
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Four-clawed Gecko (Gehyra mutilata) Tokay Gecko (Gekko gecko) Spotted House Gecko (Gekko monarchus) Large Forest Gecko (Gekko smithii)
Brooke's House Gecko (Hemidactylus brookii) Common House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) Indo-Pacific Gecko (Hemidactylus garnotii) Dwarf Gecko (Hemiphyllodactylus typus)
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Mourning Gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) Brown's Flap-legged Gecko (Luperosaurus browni) Horsfield's Flying Gecko (Ptychozoon horsfieldii) Kuhl's Flying Gecko (Ptychozoon kuhli)
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Agamids

Earless Agamid (Aphaniotis fusca) Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella) Changeable Lizard (Calotes versicolor) - Introduced
Black-bearded Flying Lizard (Draco melanopogon) Five-banded Flying Lizard (Draco quinquefasciatus) Common Flying Lizard (Draco sumatranus)

Skinks

Brown Tree Skink (Dasia grisea) Olive Tree Skink (Dasia olivacea) Striped Tree Skink (Lipinia vittigera) Mangrove Skink (Emoia atrocostata)
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Common Sun Skink (Eutropis multifasciata) Striped Sun Skink (Eutropis rugifera) Garden Supple Skink (Lygosoma bowringii)
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Monitors

Clouded Monitor (Varanus nebulosus) Dumeril's Monitor (Varanus dumerili) Water Monitor (Varanus salvator)
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Introduced Species

In addition to the Changeable Lizard, there are other introduced species, such as this Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei).


Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) at Satay by the Bay ©Danny Lau

References

  1. http://www.reptile-database.org/db-info/taxa.html#Sau
  2. Systematics and natural history of Southeast Asian Rock Geckos (genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) with descriptions of eight new species from Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia
  3. Marbled bent-toed gecko at Upper Seletar

5 comments:

  1. Thank you for your informative blog about the wild animals of Singapore. I have some questions about Draco lizards and wanted to ask if I could email you privately to see if you can help? Many Thanks

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  2. Was that tokay just running around the zoo or is that in an enclosure

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  3. Where Is Usually The Draco Lizards Or Flying Lizards Are At? I'm Really Interested In Keeping Then As I Had Taken Care Of A Changeable Lizard From Baby To An Adult And Had Released Him.

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