Wong Kais was at St. John’s and Lazaru Islands on 3 December 2021. It was a cloudy day with occasional gusts of wind. He noticed a proliferation of bright orange butterflies and decided to photograph them. Most of the photographs … Continued
The reticulated python is named after the net-like pattern on its body. Its hide is valuable commercially. It is a non-venomous constrictor belonging to the family Pythonidae. This is a heavy snake that can range in length from 1.5 m … Continued
Fairy pitta (Pitta nympha) is a rare migrant to Singapore. It should be classified as a vagrant. Pittas are shy forest birds which often stay on the forest floor looking for ants, worms, slugs, snails, beetles and small snakes. The … Continued
A female pink-necked pigeon (Treron vernans) was seen feeding happily on a MacArthur palm (Ptychosperma macarthurii) tree. The bird selected ripe fruits from a mass of fruits at different stages of ripening. In the second video, the bird can be … Continued
The red-necked bronzeback is a member of the Colubrid family of snakes. It is non-venomous, widespread but seldom seen as they inhabit the forests. They are found in Thailand, Peninsula Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. It is a diurnal creature that … Continued
The Asian Swamp Eel (Monopterus albus), also known as ricefield eel, is a commercially important product associated with rice fields of East Asia and South East Asia. Francis Seow-Choen encountered one such specimen in the Nature Reserve in Singapore. It … Continued
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 habits and feed on rats and other small vertebrates that it … Continued
