{"id":58998,"date":"2019-11-09T09:14:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-09T01:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/?p=58998"},"modified":"2023-06-24T16:49:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T08:49:53","slug":"malayan-water-monitor-caught-a-red-eared-slider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2019\/11\/09\/malayan-water-monitor-caught-a-red-eared-slider\/","title":{"rendered":"Malayan Water Monitor caught a Red-eared Slider"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jkai Chan<\/strong>\u2019s images of the Malayan Water Monitor (Varanus salvator<\/em>) feeding on a turtle at Pandan River documents another food record for this lizard. Kelvin KP Lim<\/strong> of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum identified it as a possible large red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans<\/em>), the type commonly sold as pets in aquarium shops. This is an introduced species. <\/p>\n

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This add on to the many food this lizard takes, that include Bighead Carp<\/a> (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis<\/em>), terrapin<\/a>, snake<\/a>, bird<\/a> and rodent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Other possible prey include Muscovy Duck<\/a> (Cairina moschata<\/em>), Black Swan<\/a>, Purple Heron<\/a> (Ardea purpurea<\/em>) and Smooth Otter<\/a> (Lutrogale perspicillata<\/em>). <\/p>\n

Originally seen only in rural canals, it is now found in large numbers in the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve LINK<\/a> where they are a threat to nesting shorebirds LINK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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These lizards have also invaded urban homes LINK<\/a> and schools LINK<\/a>. <\/p>\n

So far, only stray dogs have been known to attack them LINK<\/a>. With no known predator, the population of the Malayan Water Monitor in Singapore is bound to increase. Will they become a nuisance in future? Only time will tell\u2026<\/p>\n

Jkai Chan <\/strong>(images), Kelvin KP Lim<\/strong> (identification) & YC Wee<\/strong> (writeup)
\nSingapore
\n25th October 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jkai Chan\u2019s 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 Kong Chian Natural History Museum identified it as a possible large red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans), the type commonly sold as pets in aquarium shops. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":59000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[700,61,88],"tags":[373,939],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}