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What

Common Water Monitor (Varanus salvator)

Observer

dharshangiri

Date

May 1, 2016 05:12 PM AWST

Description

There was an organism that looked like a crocodile with just its head poking out of the water. It was in a huge dirty body of water at the end of the park. It had a huge mouth. It also didn't move very fast. It also had a scaly skin and the teeth looked extremely sharp. It had blackish eyes and its color was a dark green color and camouflaged waits the color of the pond perfectly.

Common Water Monitor - Photo (c) Stephen John Davies, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stephen John Davies
jway1309's ID: Common Water Monitor (Varanus salvator)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Emma Field Cricket (Teleogryllus emma)

Observer

hoonjoo

Date

April 17, 2016

Place

West, SG (Google, OSM)

Description

I found this insect in my room. It was hopping around the floor. It also tried to fly with it's wing but it could not actually fly. I think it's wings were damaged because whenever it tried to fly, it was falling onto it's left side over and over again. It was 4 cm long, and 2 cm wide

Emma Field Cricket - Photo (c) 豆豆, all rights reserved, uploaded by 豆豆
jway1309's ID: Emma Field Cricket (Teleogryllus emma)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Frogs and Toads (Order Anura)

Observer

dharshangiri

Date

April 15, 2016 07:33 PM AWST

Description

A small frog that lived in a wet dark place. It was fully brown and had pitch black eyes. It ran away as soon as it came in contact with some light.it had a very high vertical and could leap long distances even though it's legs were short. It was smaller than my palm. It made a very high pitch noise.

Whistling Tree Frog - Photo (c) Linda Rogan EntSocVic, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Linda Rogan EntSocVic
jway1309's ID: Whistling Tree Frog (Litoria verreauxii)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Common Gilled Mushrooms and Allies (Order Agaricales)

Observer

hoonjoo

Date

April 30, 2016

Description

Yellowish fungi that are growing on the rotting tree. It is about 2cm wide, and 3 cm tall in general.

Field and Button Mushrooms - Photo (c) Jason Hollinger, some rights reserved (CC BY)
jway1309's ID: Field and Button Mushrooms (Genus Agaricus)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Soil Centipedes (Order Geophilomorpha)

Observer

hoonjoo

Date

April 22, 2016

Place

West, SG (Google, OSM)

Description

A long but thin creature which was crawling to the side where there is the pillars. When I blocked the way it was crawling, it crawled in reversed direction. It was about 4 cm long and 1.5 mm wide

Soil Centipedes - Photo (c) Graham Montgomery, all rights reserved, uploaded by Graham Montgomery
jway1309's ID: Soil Centipedes (Order Geophilomorpha)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Bracket Fungi (Family Polyporaceae)

Observer

hoonjoo

Date

April 30, 2016

Description

It is a flat, brown fungus. It was growing on a fallen trunk of a tree. The environment was humid, and sunlight was barely reaching the ground. It has a round pattern on it's surface

Bracket Fungi - Photo (c) Davide Puddu, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Davide Puddu
jway1309's ID: Bracket Fungi (Family Polyporaceae)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Brain Puffball (Calvatia craniiformis)

Observer

hoonjoo

Date

April 30, 2016

Description

It is a fungus with a very wrinkled surface. It was on a humid, dark soil where there are lots of fallen leaves. it's width and length were about 4.5 cm

Brain Puffball - Photo (c) Sindhu Ramchandran, the mushroom was identified by Mr Marco Della Maggiora, Italy, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
jway1309's ID: Brain Puffball (Calvatia craniiformis)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Water Striders (Family Gerridae)

Observer

hoonjoo

Date

April 30, 2016

Description

It is a unique insect that was hopping over the water. It was two pairs of long legs that supports itself on the water. There were various size of them. length of 1 cm to 3 cm.

Water Striders - Photo (c) Chris Nash, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chris Nash
jway1309's ID: Water Striders (Family Gerridae)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

Observer

hoonjoo

Date

April 21, 2016

Place

West, SG (Google, OSM)

Description

A tall fern that is about 45 cm tall, with a thick, long leaves growing from the center of the plant. Its new leaves are growing from the inside

Plants - Photo (c) Rocío Ramírez Barrios, all rights reserved, uploaded by Rocío Ramírez Barrios
jway1309's ID: Plants (Kingdom Plantae)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Brain Puffball (Calvatia craniiformis)

Observer

hoonjoo

Date

April 30, 2016

Description

It is a fungus with a very wrinkled surface. It was on a humid, dark soil where there are lots of fallen leaves. it's width and length were about 4.5 cm

Puffballs - Photo (c) FRANCISCO MIGUEL FARRIOLS ESTRADA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by FRANCISCO MIGUEL FARRIOLS ESTRADA
jway1309's ID: Puffballs (Family Lycoperdaceae)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Tussock Moths (Subfamily Lymantriinae)

Observer

hoonjoo

Date

April 30, 2016

Place

West, SG (Google, OSM)

Description

Very hairy, dark colour centipede. It was crawling in a very slow pace, it has two long pillars, and has two red dots on it's body. It was about 3 cm in length

Arthropods - Photo (c) Ryosuke Kuwahara, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ryosuke Kuwahara
jway1309's ID: Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)
Added on May 3, 2016
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Observer

hoonjoo

Date

April 30, 2016

Description

It is a insect that seems to have a pair of wings. It has a long, and very thin body. It was fly in very low altitude which was about 50 cm when I saw it. It did not fly over 3 meter high

Broad-winged Damselflies - Photo (c) David Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by David Martin
jway1309's ID: Broad-winged Damselflies (Family Calopterygidae)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Emma Field Cricket (Teleogryllus emma)

Observer

hoonjoo

Date

April 17, 2016

Place

West, SG (Google, OSM)

Description

I found this insect in my room. It was hopping around the floor. It also tried to fly with it's wing but it could not actually fly. I think it's wings were damaged because whenever it tried to fly, it was falling onto it's left side over and over again. It was 4 cm long, and 2 cm wide

True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies - Photo (c) Alan Manson, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alan Manson
jway1309's ID: True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Peace Lillies (Genus Spathiphyllum)

Observer

hoonjoo

Date

April 30, 2016

Place

West, SG (Google, OSM)

Description

A small white flower. It has one big petal, and one long pistil. The flower was about 5 cm wide, and 4cm tall. the plant was about 25cm tall. The leaves of the plant were quite thick

Flowering Plants - Photo (c) Amy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Amy
jway1309's ID: Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Typical Jumping Spiders (Subfamily Salticinae)

Observer

dharshangiri

Date

May 1, 2016 06:11 PM AWST

Description

It was a tiny spider and was very colorful on the outside. It was not very fast and it was easy to flick away. It was also very light and I found it close to a dirty pond. It was extremely colorful with its colors ranging from a light yellow to a dark green. It has 8 tiny legs and could climb trees and plants very easily.

Jumping Spiders - Photo (c) Thomas Shahan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
jway1309's ID: Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Common Water Monitor (Varanus salvator)

Observer

dharshangiri

Date

May 1, 2016 05:12 PM AWST

Description

There was an organism that looked like a crocodile with just its head poking out of the water. It was in a huge dirty body of water at the end of the park. It had a huge mouth. It also didn't move very fast. It also had a scaly skin and the teeth looked extremely sharp. It had blackish eyes and its color was a dark green color and camouflaged waits the color of the pond perfectly.

Monitor Lizards - Photo (c) Hong Wenyang, all rights reserved, uploaded by Hong Wenyang
jway1309's ID: Monitor Lizards (Family Varanidae)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Frogs and Toads (Order Anura)

Observer

dharshangiri

Date

April 15, 2016 07:33 PM AWST

Description

A small frog that lived in a wet dark place. It was fully brown and had pitch black eyes. It ran away as soon as it came in contact with some light.it had a very high vertical and could leap long distances even though it's legs were short. It was smaller than my palm. It made a very high pitch noise.

Frogs and Toads - Photo (c) Jonathan Kolby, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jonathan Kolby
jway1309's ID: Frogs and Toads (Order Anura)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

Observer

dharshangiri

Date

May 1, 2016 07:02 PM AWST

Description

There were time flowers growing. The first picture shows how small they were compared to my finger which is average sized. They grew close to a pond on wet soil. There were very less of them and the leaves on the plant had a unique yellowish design on them.

Plants - Photo (c) Rocío Ramírez Barrios, all rights reserved, uploaded by Rocío Ramírez Barrios
jway1309's ID: Plants (Kingdom Plantae)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera)

Observer

dharshangiri

Date

April 19, 2016 01:14 PM AWST

Description

It has a unique trunk with things coming out. The trunk was also very rough and the tree was very big. It didn't have any fruits on it when I checked. It was also bent trying to get as much sunlight as possible. The tree also looked very dry and the skin was peering off little by little.

Coconut Palm - Photo (c) Kimberlie Sasan, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), uploaded by Kimberlie Sasan
jway1309's ID: Coconut Palm (Cocos nucifera)
Added on May 3, 2016
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Observer

dharshangiri

Date

May 2, 2016 06:20 PM AWST

Description

It looks like a kind of fungi and it was growing on a wet piece of wood In dark place. It is really small, about 3 cm in diameter, and had many tiny black spores on it. The base is white and it seems attached to the piece of wood. The head was a concave head which went inward.

Shelf Fungi - Photo (c) skitterbug, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by skitterbug
jway1309's ID: Shelf Fungi (Order Polyporales)
Added on May 3, 2016
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What

(Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake (Oligodon octolineatus)

Observer

josestan

Date

April 17, 2016 09:17 PM AWST

Description

About 1.5 long
Red strip down the middle
Black eyes

(Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake - Photo (c) btjaturadi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by btjaturadi
jway1309's ID: (Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake (Oligodon octolineatus)
Added on May 2, 2016
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Observer

josestan

Date

April 10, 2016 12:48 PM AWST

Description

4 light red petals
Yellow stigma

Ixora javanica - Photo (c) Chuan, all rights reserved, uploaded by Chuan
jway1309's ID: Ixora javanica, a member of Ixoras (Genus Ixora)
Added on May 2, 2016
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