Other Wildlife
Last Updated on 15 July 2024
Little did we know that our tiny tropical island of Singapore is actually home to a number of exotic wildlife species, many of whom we have yet had the honour to meet.
The animals that we hope to befriend one day include the Sambar Deer, Sunda Pangolin, Greater Mouse-deer, and more.
Meanwhile, these are some of the more common wildlife that we have spotted during our hiking adventures.
Family Mustelidae (weasels, otters and relatives)
Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata)
Sighted: Bishan Park, Coney Island, Gardens By The Bay, Jurong Lake Gardens, Lakeside Garden, MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Pasir Ris Park
Family Cercopithecidae (old world monkeys)
Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
Sighted: Bukit Batok Nature Park, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Central Catchment Park Connector, Chestnut Nature Park, Dairy Farm Nature Park, Fisherman’s Trail, Kampong Trail, Labrador Nature Reserve, Lower Peirce Reservoir, MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Thomson Nature Park, West Coast Park, Windsor Nature Park
Raffles Banded Langur (Presbytis femoralis femoralis)
Sighted: Thomson Nature Park
Family Cynocephalidae (colugo)
Malayan Colugo (Galeopterus variegatus)
Sighted: Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Lower Peirce Reservoir
Family Suidae (pigs, hogs and boars)
Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)
Sighted: Dairy Farm Nature Park, Lower Peirce Reservoir
Family Sciuridae (squirrels)
Plantain Squirrel (Callosciurus notatus)
Sighted: Everywhere
Slender Squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis)
Sighted: Bukit Batok Nature Park
Finlayson’s Squirrel (Callosciurus finlaysonii)
Sighted: Bidadari Park
Family Viverridae (civets)
Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)
Sighted: Alexandra Park Connector
Family Tupaiidae (treeshrews)
Common Treeshrew (Tupaia glis)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens, Bukit Batok Nature Park
Family Tragulidae (mousedeer)
Lesser Mouse-deer (Tragulus kanchil)
Sighted: Lower Peirce Reservoir, Thomson Nature Park
Family Pteropodidae (old world fruit bats)
Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Large Flying Fox (Pteropus vampyrus)
Sighted: Hampstead Wetlands
Family Crocodylidae (crocodiles)
Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Family Varanidae (monitor lizards)
Malayan Water Monitor (Varanus salvator)
Sighted: Jurong Lake Gardens, Serangoon Reservoir, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Clouded Monitor (Varanus nebulosus)
Sighted: Parks and nature reserves
Family Scincidae (skinks)
Common Sun Skink (Eutropis multifasciata)
Sighted: Chestnut Nature Park, Fisherman’s Trail, Little Guilin
Family Agamidae (agamids)
Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella)
Sighted: Sentosa
Changeable Lizard (Calotes versicolor)
Sighted: Bidadari Park, Jurong Lake Gardens, MacRitchie Reservoir Park, Tampines Eco Green
Family Dactyloidae (anoles)
Brown Anole (Norops sagrei)
Sighted: Gardens By The Bay
Family Colubridae (colubrids)
Red-tailed racer (Gonyosoma oxycephalum)
Sighted: Windsor Nature Park
Family Elapidae (cobras, coral snakes, kraits, sea snakes)
Blue Malayan Coral Snake (Calliophis bivirgatus)
Sighted: Chestnut Nature Park
Family Colubridae (colubrids)
Mangrove Snake (Boiga dendrophila)
Sighted: Windsor Nature Park
Family Emydidae (American terrapins)
Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)
Sighted: Alexandra Park Connector, Botanic Gardens, Bukit Batok Nature Park, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Jurong Lake Gardens, Little Guilin, Tampines Eco Green
Family Geoemydidae (Asian terrapins)
Malayan Box Terrapin (Cuora amboinensis)
Sighted: Windsor Nature Park
Family Oxudercidae (mudskippers)
Giant Mudskipper (Periophthalmodon schlosseri)
Sighted: Pasir Ris Park, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Family Ranidae (true frogs)
Copper-cheeked Frog (Chalcorana labialis)
Sighted: Nee Soon Swamp
Günther’s Frog (Sylvirana guentheri)
Sighted: Botanic Gardens
Family Bufonidae (toads)
Asian Common Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
Sighted: Sentosa
Family Sesarmidae (sesarmine crabs, vinegar crabs, etc)
Vinegar Crab (Episesarma spp.)
Sighted: Pasir Ris Park
Family Catostylidae (small jellyfish)
Mangrove Jellyfish (Acromitus sp.)
Sighted: Pasir Ris Park
Family Pyrrhocoridae (red bugs, cotton stainers and relatives)
Cotton Stainer Bug (Dysdercus decussatus)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Family Reduviidae (true bugs)
Yellow Assassin Bug (Cosmolestes picticeps)
Sighted: Chestnut Nature Park
Family Acrididae (grasshoppers)
Javanese Grasshopper (Valanga nigricornis)
Sighted: Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
