Bukit Timah Nature Reserve - Where Lizards Roam

Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
Central, Singapore
March 2014

Bukit Timah, being a nature reserve, is always full of surprises. Each visit turns up new finds, some interesting, some fascinating, and always refreshing...

Varanus nebulosus (Clouded Monitor) : This terrestrial lizard can be distinguished from its water-based cousin by its Its colouration comprising yellow spots on a brown-grey base...

A Cyclosa Spider hidden in the "debris" on its web...

The Nintendo-sounding male Dicrurus paradiseus 
(Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo), a male with its beautiful tail...

The serene quarry view with its azure-blue water...

Flora with an interesting base...

A Tetragnathidae (Big-Jawed Spider) with a messy leaf-strewn web...

A real Cyclosa Spider on its web - See the difference?

Summiting at 463.63m one degree north of the Equator...

A not-so-usual hideout for an Argiope (St Andrew's Cross Spider) - A leaf instead of its web...

A fast-moving Salticidae (Jumping Spider) wanders about the railings...



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