A clouded monitor (
Varanus nebulosus
) in
Singapore Botanic Gardens
hunting for worms and other edibles under leaves. It can be distinguished from the Malayan water monitor — the other common monitor in Singapore — by its slit nostrils midway up the snout vs round nostrils on the tip.
File snake (
Acrochordus granulatus
), a marine file snake
Blue Malayan coral snake (
Calliophis bivirgatus
) at Venus Drive
This king cobra (
Ophiophagus hannah
) was about 2.3 meters long and was hunting in the mangrove forests of
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
around 2pm. It momentarily raised its head and stood motionless for about a minute.