Lizard

Just another small lizard, not sure the name.

Malayan water monitor lizards

There were quite a numbers of  Malayan water monitor lizards (Varanus salvator) living in the Sengkang river. They were spotted under the bridge, or just walking across the grass land in Sengkang riverside park with their muscular body and the big strong tail , they eat all kinds of little animals, fishes, crabs, birds, snakes... whatever things they find and can fit into its mouth, dead or alive.

I enjoyed to watch them slowly walking through the green...Just a year time, more and more new buildings were built in Sengkang area,  I seldom see all these wild life now...

Water Monitor Lizard in Sengkang Riverside Park

I have spotted quite a number of wildlife have made their home in Sengkang Riverside Park. Mainly are birds, and I found this Water Monitor Lizard (Varanus salvator) too. Quite a numbers of them in the river.

Yellow lizard on the tree

Changeable lizard ?

...not sure the species of this lizard, is it changeable lizard?

...Photo was taken at the entrance of Sungei Buloh

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Monitor Lizard at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Monitor Lizard at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

During one of my visits to the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, I was welcome by one of these monsters not far from the entrance.I was attracted with its shadow while it was slowly crossing the walk board... 

 

and back to bask in the mud

...another monitor lizard was sun bathing on a bamboo platform in the water at the entrance to the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, the lazy lizard just laid there while many other visitors snapping photos of it.

Monitor lizard in the water: camera critters #16

If you have visited Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, you may see this giant lizard.

Last year, I saw a big monitor lizard on the footbridge from the car park to the Visitors’ Centre, it was still there watching people walk passes him, took photos of him, he was basking under the sun, did his day dreaming…

Last weekend I went to Sungei Buloh again, I saw a  monitor lizard, but this time, it was swimming in the water, for a while, I though it is a crocodile…  At first, it only came out the head…      …swim slowly A giant monitor lizard, at least 1.2 m long… The skin of the two monitor lizards look a lot of different, the one on the land has shinning yellow gold color  skin, (the fist photo, click to enlarge), but this one in the water, it looks grey and very dark blue. I am curious if this is the same one as on the first photo. And…what is that? on closer examination, i saw something on its right side, like a part of the body, but why it looks like coming out from nowhere?  I was lucky enough to capture this handsome fellow with tongue out…Monitor lizards are can "smell" the air with their tongue to track down prey. Two close up photos posted below, linking to Weekend Reflection and the coming Marco Monday.   P.S My other photo of Monitor lizard and  Another monitor lizar. Thank you for visiting my blog. More photos from Sungei Buloh will be posted on this coming Tuesday and Saturday.

Macro: Another Monitor Lizard

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Lizard-Camera Critters #6

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Macro: Monitor Lizard