Raffles Museum Treasures: Torch coral

Torch coral (Euphyllia glaberescens)
Collected from Pulau Seringat reef flat, December 1997
Native to Singapore

Wild Fact Sheets
IUCN Red List
ARKive
Reefs.org


(Photo by Ria)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Flowery disc coral

Flowery disc coral (Turbinaria peltata)
Collected from Cyrene Reefs, April 1984
Native to Singapore

Wild Fact Sheets
IUCN Red List
ARKive
Atypical morphology of Turbinaria peltata from a Singapore non-reefal environment


(Photo by RemyOmar)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Lettuce coral

Lettuce coral (Pavona cactus)
Collected from reef off Pulau Hantu, October 1979
Native to Singapore

Wild Fact Sheets
IUCN Red List
ARKive
Reefs.org


(Photo by Boogies with Fish)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Fire coral

Fire coral (Millepora sp.)
Collected from Pulau Seringat Besar reef flat, April 1998
Native to Singapore

ARKive
The Right Blue
Wet Web Media
Reefs.org


(Photo by Razvan Marescu)

Monday Morgue: 27th September 2010

Fan-bellied filefish (Monacanthus chinensis)
Beting Bronok, 14th June 2010

Wild Fact Sheets
A Guide to Common Marine Fishes of Singapore
A Guide to Seashore Life in Singapore
FishBase
Fishes of Bitung
Fishes of Libong
Australian Museum Fact Sheets

Raffles Museum Treasures: Common kestrel

Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Collected from Singapore, December 1891
Rare winter visitor to Singapore

Global Raptor Information Network
Oriental Bird Images
xeno-canto
BirdLife
IUCN Red List
ARKive
Animal Diversity Web
Mangoverde World Bird Guide
Birds of Britain


(Photo by graspnext)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Baya weaver

Baya weaver (Ploceus philippinus)
Collected from Tanjong Katong, July 1921
Native to Singapore

The nest of the Baya weaver bird
Mangrove and wetland wildlife at Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve
Oriental Bird Images
BirdLife
IUCN Red List
Mangoverde World Bird Guide


(Photo by NatureInYourBackyard)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Chestnut-bellied malkoha

Chestnut-bellied malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus)
Collected from Jurong, August 1920
Native to Singapore

Brood care of the chestnut-bellied malkoha, Phaenicophaeus sumatranus sumatranus Raffles, 1822
NParks FaunaWeb
Oriental Bird Images
BirdLife
IUCN Red List
ARKive
Mangoverde World Bird Guide


(Photo by chrisli023)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Black-naped tern

Black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana)
Collected from Horsburgh Lighthouse, October 1921
Native to Singapore: Endangered

NParks FaunaWeb
Oriental Bird Images
BirdLife
IUCN Red List
Mangoverde World Bird Guide


(Photo by *Damselfly*)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Hooded pitta

Hooded pitta (Pitta sordida)
Collected from Novena, 1992
Winter visitor to Singapore

NParks FaunaWeb
Oriental Bird Images
xeno-canto
BirdLife
IUCN Red List
Mangoverde World Bird Guide


(Photo by Tiomanese)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Common greenshank

Common greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Collected from Kuala Lumpur, November 1921
Winter visitor to Singapore

Mangrove and wetland wildlife at Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve
NParks FaunaWeb
Oriental Bird Images
xeno-canto
BirdLife
IUCN Red List
Mangoverde World Bird Guide
Birds in Backyards
Birds of Britain


(Photo by hiker1974)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Tiger shrike

Tiger shrike (Lanius tigrinus)
Winter visitor to Singapore

NParks FaunaWeb
Oriental Bird Images
xeno-canto Asia
BirdLife
IUCN Red List
Mangoverde World Bird Guide


(Photo by somchai@2008)

Monday Morgue: 20th September 2010

Fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa)
Beting Bemban Besar, 3rd April 2010

Wild Fact Sheets
NParks FaunaWeb
A Guide to Seashore Life in Singapore
IUCN Red List
ARKive
CITES
SeaLifeBase
AquariumDomain.com

Raffles Museum Treasures: Tropical swallowtail moth

Tropical swallowtail moth (Lyssa zampa)
Collected from Singapore, July 1970
Native to Singapore

Lyssa zampa, the tropical swallowtail moth, returns
Have you seen Lyssa zampa recently?
It's the season for Lyssa zampa, the large, nocturnal, white-striped moth
The Moths of Borneo
Moths Great and Small
An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone
Digital Moths of Japan
Digital Moths of Asia


(Photo by habitatnews)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Man-faced bug

Man-faced bug (Catacanthus incarnatus)
Collected from Kent Ridge, May 1992
Native to Singapore


(Photo by odonatah)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Dried leaf cockroach

Dried leaf cockroach (Pseudophoraspis nebulosa)
Collected from MacRitchie Reservoir, April 1993
Native to Singapore

Blattodea Species File Online
Blattodea Culture Group
Studies On Malayan Blattidae


(Photo by Kafeiwu)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Abbott's leaf cricket

Abbott's leaf cricket (Phyllozelus abbotti)
Collected from Ulu Pandan, January 1992
Native to Singapore

Orthoptera Species File Online


(Photo by James)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Money plant stick insect

Money plant stick insect (Pylaemenes mitratus)
Collected from Nee Soon swamp-forest, November 1990
Native to Singapore

The Annotated Budak
Phasmida Species File Online


(Photo by Tiomanese)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Black giant termite

Black giant termite (Macrotermes carbonarius) (soldier caste)
Collected from Labrador Park, January 1992
Native to Singapore: Vulnerable

Termite Web
Photos and Info on Ants and Termites of Malaysia


(Photo by kch)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Common clubtail

Common clubtail (Ictinogomphus decoratus)
Collected from Bukit Timah, April 1989
Native to Singapore

The dragonflies (Odonata) of Singapore: current status records and collections of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research
NParks FaunaWeb
Singapore Odonata
Nature Photography - Singapore Odonata
Creatures Big & Small
Odonata of Peninsular Malaysia
Dragons & Damsels


(Photo by sayhitoant)

Monday Morgue: 13th September 2010

Peanut worm (Sipuncula)
Tanah Merah, 29th May 2010

This was one of many dead and dying peanut worms that I encountered on a shore at Tanah Merah, shortly after an oil spill had occurred off Changi East.

Wild Fact Sheets
A Guide to Seashore Life
UCMP Web Lift to Taxa

Raffles Museum Treasures: Malesian frog

Malesian frog (Limnonectes malesianus)
Collected from Nee Soon swamp-forest, January 1992
Native to Singapore

Wildlife Singapore
NParks FaunaWeb
Frogs of Borneo
Ecology Asia
IUCN Red List
ARKive


(Photo by kwokwai76)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Whimbrel

Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Collected from Singapore, September 1940
Winter visitor to Singapore

Mangrove and wetland wildlife at Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve
NParks FaunaWeb
xeno-canto
Oriental Bird Images
BirdLife
IUCN Red List
Mangoverde World Bird Guide
Birds in Backyards
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Bird Guide


(Photo by Lip Kee)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Giant water bug

Giant water bug (Lethocerus indicus)
Collected from 23 km north of Chiang Mai, Thailand, September 1998


(Photo by rchughtai)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Coppertone velvetwing

Coppertone velvetwing (Neurothemis fluctuans)
Collected from Sime Road, June 1989
Native to Singapore

The dragonflies (Odonata) of Singapore: current status records and collections of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research
Singapore Odonata
NParks FaunaWeb
Nature Photography - Singapore Odonata
Odonata of Peninsular Malaysia


(Photo by crazysw)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Big-headed turtle

Big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)

The Big-headed Turtle, Platysternon megacephalum
The Family Platysternidae, and its sole member: Platysternon megacephalum, the Big-headed Turtle
Asian Turtle Conservation Network
Asian Turtle Consortium
Turtles of the World
IUCN Red List
ARKive
Animal Diversity Web


(Photo by Malacochersus)

Raffles Museum Treasures: Chinese high fin banded shark

Chinese high fin banded shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus)

Chinese High Fin Banded Shark
FishBase
Loaches Online
Notacatfish.com


(Photo by Ricardo Kobe)