Singapore guide to vertebrate animals
This guide was created from the "place" Singapore.
True Toads
Bufonidae is the family of the true toads, members of the order Anura (frogs and toads). They are the only family of anurans in which all members are known as "toads." The bufonids now comprise more than 35 genera, Bufo being the most widespread and well known.
Black-eyed Litter Frog
Leptobrachium nigrops is a species of amphibian in the Megophryidae family. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Arcuate-spotted Pygmy Frog
Microhyla heymonsi is a species of narrow-mouthed frog found in northeastern India, southern China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia south to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra as well as the Great Nicobar Island. Originally described from Taiwan, one of its common names is Taiwan rice frog.
Common Tree Frog
Known by many names such as the Common Tree Frog, Four-lined tree frog, Golden Gliding Frog, Golden Tree Frog, Asian White-lips, Flying Leopard Frog or Striped Tree Frog (Polypedates leucomystax) is a species in the shrub frog family (Rhacophoridae). Many past authors have united it with the common Indian tree frog in P. maculatus ...more ↓
Terrestrial Frog
Fejervarya limnocharis is a species of frog found widely distributed in South Asia. It is known under many common names, including (Indian) cricket frog, Boie's wart frog, rice field frog, and Asian grass frog. Molecular studies of the species complex suggest that there may be multiple species involved.
Saltwater Crocodile
The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), also known as saltie, estuarine or Indo-Pacific crocodile, is the largest of all living reptiles, as well as the largest terrestrial and riparian predator in the world. The males of this species can reach sizes of up to 6.7 m (22 ft) and weigh as much as 2,000 kg (4,400 lb). However, an adult male saltwater ...more ↓
Asian Gliding Lizard
Draco maculatus is an agamid flying lizard capable of gliding from tree to tree found in parts of Southeast Asia. It is commonly named the Spotted Flying Dragon.
Oriental Garden Lizard
The Oriental Garden Lizard, Eastern Garden Lizard or Changeable Lizard (Calotes versicolor) is an agamid lizard found widely distributed in Asia. It has also been introduced in many other parts of the world.
Green Crested Lizard
Bronchocela cristatella, also known as the green crested lizard, is an agamid lizard found in Southeast Asia: Malaysia (West Malaysia and Borneo), Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines (Palawan, Calamian Islands, Panay, Luzon), South Thailand, south Myanmar (Tenasserim Hills), and India (Nicobar Islands).
Olive Dasia
Dasia olivacea, the olive Dasia or olive tree skink, is a species of skink native to Southeast Asia.
Banded Lipinia
Also known as Banded Lipinia, Sipora Striped Skink or Common Striped Skink, Lipinia vittigera is a species of skink in the genus of Lipinia native to Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Cambodia.
Many-lined Sun-skink
The East Indian Brown Mabuya (Eutropis multifasciata), also known as Many-lined Sun Skink, Many-striped Skink, Common Sun Skink or (ambiguously) as "golden skink", is a species of skink.
Anderson's Mabuya
Anderson's Mabuya or Nine-keeled Skink Eutropis novemcarinata is a species of skink found in Asia.
Nicobar Island Skink
Eutropis rugifera, variously known as Nicobar Island Skink or Sulawesi Bronze Bush Skink, is a species of skink.
Common Dwarf Gecko
The Indopacific Tree Gecko or Common Dwarf Gecko Hemiphyllodactylus typus is a species of gecko found in South Asia and islands in the Indian Ocean.
Garnot's House Gecko
Hemidactylus garnotii, commonly known as the Indo-Pacific gecko, Garnot's house gecko or the fox gecko, is a species of gecko found in India, the Philippines, Southeast Asia, Australia, and throughout Polynesia. Adults are about 4 to 5 inches long, seen as dark gray or brown with light markings in daylight and a pale, translucent colour at night. The belly ...more ↓
Flat-tailed House Gecko
Hemidactylus platyurus, commonly known as the Flat-tailed House Gecko, is a species of Gekkonidae native to southeastern and southern Asia. The species is sometimes classified under the genus Cosymbotus.
Mediterranean House Gecko
The Mediterranean house gecko, scientific name Hemidactylus turcicus (not to be confused with the Asian species Hemidactylus frenatus known as Common House Gecko) is a small gecko common to the Mediterranean which has spread to many parts of the world. It is also commonly referred to as the Turkish Gecko as represented in its Latin name. They are insectivorous, ...more ↓
Tokay Gecko
The tokay gecko (Gekko gecko) is a nocturnal arboreal gecko, ranging from northeast India, to Nepal and Bangladesh, throughout Southeast Asia, Philippines to Indonesia and western New Guinea. Its native habitat is rainforest trees and cliffs, and it also frequently adapts to rural human habitations, roaming walls and ceilings at night in search of insect prey. Increasing ...more ↓
Spotted House Gecko
The spotted house gecko (Gekko monarchus) is a species of gecko found in the Malay Peninsula (including southern Thailand and Singapore), some smaller Malaysian islands, Borneo (East Malaysia and Kalimantan), the Philippines, many Indonesian islands including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and New Guinea (Irian Jaya and Papua New Guinea).
Large Forest Gecko
Smith's Green-eyed Gecko or Large Forest Gecko (Gekko smithii) is a species of gecko found in Asia.
Mutilating Gecko
The four-clawed gecko (Gehyra mutilata, also known as the stump-toed gecko, tender-skinned house gecko, sugar lizard, or Pacific gecko, or butiki) is a wide-ranging lizard that is probably native to Southeast Asia. It has made its way to several areas of the world including Sri Lanka, Indochina, and many of the U.S. Pacific Islands. The ...more ↓
Cat Gecko
The cat gecko, Aeluroscalabotes felinus, is a species of gecko found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia and Thailand. It is the only species within the genus Aeluroscalabotes, and the only genus found within the taxonomic Subfamily Aeluroscalabotinae. It is commonly called the cat gecko because of its habit of curling up with its tail around itself ...more ↓
Bengal Monitor
The Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis) or common Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard found widely distributed over South Asia. This large lizard is mainly terrestrial, and grows to about 175 cm from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail. Young monitors may be more arboreal, but adults mainly hunt on the ground, preying mainly on arthropods, but also taking small ...more ↓
Clouded Monitor
The clouded monitor (Varanus nebulosus) is a species of monitor lizard, native to Burma, Thailand and Indochina to West Malaysia, Singapore, Java, and Sumatra. They are excellent tree climbers. It belongs to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus along with the peach-throated monitor, the Ceram mangrove monitor and other monitor lizards. It had previously been listed as a subspecies ...more ↓
Little Wartsnake
Acrochordus granulatus is a snake species found from India through Southeast Asia to the Solomon Islands. It is completely aquatic and almost helpless on land. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Elephant's Trunk Snake
Acrochordus javanicus, commonly known as the Elephant Trunk Snake, belongs to the Acrochordidae family which represents a group of primitive non-venemous aquatic snakes.
Common Bronze-back
Painted Bronzeback Dendrelaphis pictus is a species of snake found in Southeast Asia and India.
Paradise Flying Snake
Paradise Tree Snake or Paradise Flying Snake Chrysopelea paradisi is a species of snake found in Asia. It can, like all species of its genus Chrysopelea, glide by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs. It is mostly found in moist forests and can cover a horizontal distance of about 100 metres in a glide from the top of a tree. Slow motion ...more ↓
Collared Black-headed Snake
Sibynophis collaris, commonly known as the common many-toothed snake or the collared black-headed snake, is a species of colubrid snake endemic to South Asia.
Keeled Rat Snake
Commonly known as the Keeled Rat Snake,Ptyas carinata is a species of colubrid snake. It is found in Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam and Singapore.
Black Cross-barred Kukri Snake
Günther's Kukri Snake or Ashy Kukri Snake Oligodon cinereus is a species of snake.
(Eight-) Striped Kukri Snake
The Striped kukri snake (Oligodon octolineatus) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.
Speckle-headed Whipsnake
The Speckle-headed whipsnake (Ahaetulla fasciolata) is a species of snake of the family Colubridae.
Oriental Whipsnake
Ahaetulla prasina, commonly known as the Asian vine snake or the oriental whipsnake, is a widespread species of tree snake found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Blue Malaysian Coral Snake
Calliophis bivirgata, commonly called the blue Malaysian coral snake is a species of venomous elapid snake. It was first described, as a new species in scientific literature, by Friedrich Boie in 1827.
Banded Malaysian Coral Snake
The Banded Malaysian Coral Snake Calliophis intestinalis is a species of venomous snake.
King Cobra
The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is the world's longest venomous snake, with a length up to 18.5 to 18.8 ft (5.6 to 5.7 m). This species, which preys chiefly on other snakes, is found predominantly in forests from India through Southeast Asia. Despite the word "cobra" in its name, this snake is not a member of Naja ("true cobras") but belongs to its own genus. ...more ↓
Anomalous Sea Snake
Anomalous Sea Snake (Thalassophis anomalus) is a species of sea snake. Its distribution includes the South Chinese Sea (Malaysia, Gulf of Thailand), and the Indian Ocean (Sumatra, Java, Borneo).
Bighead Sea Snake
Bighead Sea Snake Kolpophis annandalei is a species of sea snake. Distribution: Indian Ocean (W Malaysia, S Vietnam, Indonesia: Borneo, Java)
Faint-banded Sea Snake
Hydrophis belcheri, commonly known as the faint-banded sea snake or Belcher's sea snake, is a venomous species of elapid sea snake. It has a friendly temperament and would normally have to be subjected to severe mistreatment before biting. Usually those bitten are fishermen handling nets, although only a quarter of those bitten are envenomed since the snake rarely ...more ↓
Dwarf Sea Snake
Hydrophis caerulescens, commonly known as the dwarf sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.
Annulated Sea Snake
Hydrophis cyanocinctus, commonly called the annulated sea snake or the blue-banded sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.
Kloss' Sea Snake
Hydrophis klossi, commonly known as Kloss's sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.
Ornate Sea Snake
Hydrophis ornatus, commonly known as the ornate reef sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
Pelamis platura, commonly known as the yellow-bellied sea snake, yellowbelly sea snake, or pelagic sea snake, is a species of sea snake found in tropical oceanic waters around the world. It is the only member of the genus Pelamis.
Yellow Sea Snake
Hydrophis spiralis, commonly known as the yellow sea snake, is a species of venomous sea snake in the family Elapidae.
Eydoux' Sea Snake
Spine-tailed Seasnake Aipysurus eydouxii is a species of sea snake. This snake is unusual amongst sea snakes in that it feeds exclusively on fish eggs. Due to this ecological change, this species has lost its fangs and the venom glands are almost entirely atrophied. The scientific name commemorates the French naturalist Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux.
Wagler's Pit Viper
Tropidolaemus wagleri is a venomous pitviper species native to southeast Asia. No subspecies are currently recognized. It is sometimes referred to as the temple viper because of its abundance around the Temple of the Azure Cloud in Malaysia.
Chinese Mountain Pit Viper
Ovophis monticola is a venomous pitviper species found in Asia. Currently, five subspecies are recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. Recent taxonomic work suggests that most of these should be considered as separate species.IUCN has already evaluated O. m. makazayazaya as Ovophis makazayazaya.
Asian Sunbeam Snake
Xenopeltis unicolor is a non-venomous sunbeam snake species found in Southeast Asia and some regions of Indonesia. This is a primitive snake known for both its highly iridescent scales and its ability to reproduce quickly, as it is Oviparous and as such can lay up to 10 eggs at a time. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Brahminy Blind Snake
Ramphotyphlops braminus is a harmless blind snake species found mostly in Africa and Asia, but has been introduced in many other parts of the world. Completely fossorial, they are often mistaken for earthworms, except that they are not segmented. The specific name is a Latinized form of the word Brahmin, which is a caste among Hindus. No subspecies are currently recognized.
Cantor's Mangrove Snake
Cantoria violacea, commonly known as Cantor's Water Snake, is a species of snake found in tropical Asia.
Gray's Water Snake
The keel-bellied water snake (Bitia hydroides) is a marine homalopsine snake. It belongs to the monotypic genus Bitia.
Blunthead Slug Snake
Aplopeltura is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. It contains a single species, Aplopeltura boa, the blunthead slug snake or blunt-headed slug eating snake. It is a small, non-venomous snake. The species can be found in southern Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines.
Pond Slider
Trachemys scripta, better known as the pond slider, is a common, medium-sized semi-aquatic turtle. There are three subspecies of sliders. The most recognizable subspecies is the red-eared slider (T. s. elegans), which is popular in the pet trade. This subspecies has been introduced to other parts of the world by people releasing it to the wild. Slider hatchlings ...more ↓
South Asian Box Turtle
The Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis), or southeast Asian box turtle is a species of Asian box turtle.
Spiny Terrapin
The spiny turtle (Heosemys spinosa) inhabits lowland and hill rainforest, usually in the vicinity of small streams, mainly in hill areas up to 900 m above sea level.
Lesser Coucal
The Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It has a wide distribution range that overlaps with several other similar species. The habitat in which it is found is often marshy land with grass and tree cover. It is distinguished by its smaller size, less prominent bill, pale shaft streaks on the feathers of the head and back. It has a ...more ↓
Short-toed Coucal
The Short-toed Coucal (Centropus rectunguis) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Greater Coucal
The Greater Coucal or Crow Pheasant (Centropus sinensis) is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. A widespread resident in Asia, from India, east to south China and Indonesia, it is divided into several subspecies, some being treated as full species. They are large, crow-like with a long tail and coppery brown wings and found in wide ...more ↓
Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo
The Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family, found from Australia to South-east Asia. The species was previously known by the scientific name of Chalcites basalis.
Violet Cuckoo
The Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
The Chestnut-winged Cuckoo or Red-winged Crested Cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) is a cuckoo found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. It has dark glossy upperparts, a black head with long crest chestnut wings, a long graduated glossy black tail, rufous throat dusky underside and a narrow white nuchal half collar. They breed along the Himalayas and migrate south in ...more ↓
Jacobin Cuckoo
The Jacobin Cuckoo, Pied Cuckoo, or Pied Crested Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds that is found in Africa and Asia. It is partially migratory and in India, it has been considered a harbinger of the Monsoon rains due to the timing of its arrival. It has been associated with a bird in Indian mythology and poetry, known as the ...more ↓
Grey-bellied Cuckoo
The Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) is a species of bird belonging to the genus Cacomantis in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is native to Asia, from India and China to Indonesia.
Banded Bay Cuckoo
The Banded Bay Cuckoo or Bay-banded Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii) is a species of small cuckoo found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Like others in the genus they have a round nostril. They are usually founded in well wooded areas mainly in the lower hills. Males sing from exposed branches during the breeding season, which can vary with region. They are ...more ↓
Asian Koel
The Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus ) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. It is found in South Asia, China, and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely related Black-billed and Pacific Koels which are sometimes treated as subspecies. The Asian Koel is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of crows and other hosts, who raise ...more ↓
Indian Cuckoo
The Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, that is found in Asia from Pakistan and India, Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and north to China and Russia. It is a solitary and shy bird, found in forests and open woodland at up to 3,600 m. In Kerala (India), it is called "Vishu Pakshi" (the Vishu bird) as it appears with its ...more ↓
Oriental Cuckoo
The Oriental Cuckoo or Horsfields Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) is a bird belonging to the genus Cuculus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of the Himalayan Cuckoo (C. saturatus) with the name Oriental Cuckoo used for the combined species. Differences in voice and size suggest that they should be treated as a separate ...more ↓
Himalayan Cuckoo
The Himalayan Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus) is a species of cuckoo in the genus Cuculus. It breeds from the Himalayas eastward to southern China and Taiwan. It migrates to southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands for the winter.
Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
The square-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris) is a species of cuckoo that resembles a black drongo. It is found in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia and is a summer visitor to the Himalayas from Kashmir to eastern Bangladesh. The calls are series of piercing sharp whistles rising in pitch but shrill and choppily delivered.
Malaysian Honeyguide
The Malaysian Honeyguide (Indicator archipelagicus) is a medium-sized, up to 18 cm long, olive-brown honeyguide with greenish streaks, reddish iris, thick grey bill and greyish white below. The male has a yellow patch on the shoulder, while the female has none. The young resembles the female with streaked underparts.
White-bellied Woodpecker
The White-bellied Woodpecker (Great Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis) ) is found in evergreen forests of tropical Asia, including the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It has 14 subspecies, part of a complex including the Andaman Woodpecker (Dryocopus hodgei) (earlier treated as a subspecies). Many island forms are endangered, some are extinct. ...more ↓
Gray-capped Woodpecker
The Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Dendrocopos canicapillus) is an Asian bird species of in the woodpecker family (Picidae).
Sunda Woodpecker
The Sunda Woodpecker (Dendrocopos moluccensis), also known as the Sunda Woodpecker, is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Great Slaty Woodpecker
The Great Slaty Woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found across much of southern Asia. A unique and basically unmistakable bird, it is the largest species of woodpecker that is certain to exist today. It is a fairly gregarious species.
Rufous Woodpecker
The Rufous Woodpecker, (Micropternus brachyurus) is a brown woodpecker found in the Indian Subcontinent. Its genus, Micropternus, is monotypic.
Buff-rumped Woodpecker
The Buff-rumped Woodpecker (Meiglyptes tristis) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Buff-necked Woodpecker
The buff-necked woodpecker (Meiglyptes tukki) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamp s. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Checker-throated Woodpecker
The Checker-throated Woodpecker (Picus mentalis) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand.
Crimson-winged Woodpecker
The Crimson-winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus) is a species of bird in the Woodpecker family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It can grow up to 25 cm long. Its diet is mainly insects and larvae. It is a bright and colourful bird that is hard to misidentify.
