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Tan Ghim Pin was at Pasir Ris Park and documented an eagle bitten in the right eye by a paradise tree snake. However, the eagle was unharmed. The snake managed […]
Article by K-LW 28 July 2021 Calotes versicolor
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Jkai Chan’s video of a White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) mobbing a large Malayan Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) shows to what extent the kingfisher will do to defend its active nest. […]
![ShorePitViper [JeremiahLoei] (1)](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/ShorePitViper-JeremiahLoei-1-q8dgk863xunu80g68la30mq9zqg7gs46glr5irkrxs.jpg "ShorePitViper [JeremiahLoei] (1)")
The Shore Pit-viper (Crypyelytrops purpureomaculatus) is a venomous and aggressive snake found along the coastal areas of Singapore. Jeremiah Loei encountered one some time ago at the Pasir Ris Park […]
![Red-eared Slider [JkaiChan]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Red-eared-Slider-JkaiChan-q8dga5censv5qj3738g3a6acp04ixm3sepxq9yiqnk.jpg "Red-eared Slider [JkaiChan]")
Jkai Chan’s images of the Malayan Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) feeding on a turtle at Pandan River documents another food record for this lizard. Kelvin KP Lim of the Lee […]
“It seemed like a typical sunny day for one of the two Olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis) chicks inside their nest hanging over a body of water to explore the world […]
Mei Hwang wrote: “This took me by as much surprise as it did the Black Swans (Cygnus atratus)… From out of the blue, a Malayan Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) lunged […]
![MWMonotor-Heron [JkaiChan] 1 (1)](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/MWMonotor-Heron-JkaiChan-1-1-q8dgrflkc4iz8dzc5pf44t9hy2xih8q3g9t5z4w48g.jpg "MWMonotor-Heron [JkaiChan] 1 (1)")
The above photograph was documented at about 8.35 PM around Pandan River by Jkai Chan. A “great action shot” wrote Tay Yew Nguan. Lanceflare Photoblog was also impressed, noting that […]
On 23rd August at about 9:15 am, Kumchun Chan encountered a Smooth Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) tugging the tail of a Malayan Water Monitor (Varanus salvator). Both were in the water. […]
“In the last week or so there has been postings and discussions around Malayan Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) particularly in the light of a Smooth Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) pup being […]
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