The Lazy Lizard's Tales

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Knobbly sea stars on Cyrene Reef;

The Lazy Lizard's Tales is a finalist in this year's Singapore Blog Awards!

I'm one of ten bloggers competing in the Panasonic Best Eco-Challenge Blog category.

My profile picture is that of one of the resident wild pigs of Chek Jawa.

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Several marine scientists from all over the Asia-Pacific are in town for a workshop on marine biodiversity in the South China Sea. I was able to spend a day helping out with the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research (RMBR) as a guide, sharing about Singapore's natural heritage to specialists from the region. (Edit: Mei Lin was a participant as well, and shares more about the workshop in this post)

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The Toddycats! will be hitting the heartlands, with a very special exhibition at the Geylang East Public Library this Saturday, 10th December. With an exhibition of specimens, educational posters, games, and talks, it's the perfect opportunity to learn more about Singapore's wildlife.

Here's a sneak preview of what you can expect to see, based on our briefing and training session yesterday evening.

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This weekend, a very important event will be taking place. A culmination of the efforts of people from various organisations, this event promises to be fascinating and exciting, and showcases a side of Singapore most of us might not see very often. No, I wasn't referring to the Singapore Grand Prix, but the Biodiversity of Singapore Symposium III, which will be taking place tomorrow.

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Giant millipede(Thyropygus sp.)
Collected from Bukit Timah, 1970
Native to Singapore

www.myriapoda.org
International Society of Myriapodology and Onychophorology
BugGuide.Net
CSIRO Insects and their Allies
Animal Diversity Web
The Earth Life Web

(Photo by Jacqueline)

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Scaled nerite (Nerita histrio)
Native to Singapore

Wild Fact Sheets
Project Semakau
Taxonomy and distribution of the Neritidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) on Singapore
Life-history traits of a gastropod, Nerita squamulata Le Guillou 1841, on a subtropical cobbled shore disturbed by sand

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Spotted tortoise beetle (Aspidomorpha miliaris)
Collected from Nee Soon swamp-forest, April 1992
Native to Singapore

Southeast Asian beetles
Sweet Potato Diagnotes
Preliminary life table of the spotted tortoise beetle, Aspidomorpha miliaris Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Sumatra

(Photo by James)

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Giant reef worm (Eunice sp.)
Collected from Singapore, 1997
Native to Singapore

Wild Fact Sheets
A Guide to Singapore Polychaetes
The annotated budak: Eunice aphroditois
Life on Australian Seashores
SeaLifeBase

Eunice aphroditois
(Photo by echeng)

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Blood cockle (Anadara granosa)
Native to Singapore

Wild Fact Sheets
A Guide to Seashore Life in Singapore
Analysis of the Growth of Anadara granosa (Bivalvia: Arcidae) in Natural, Artificially Seeded and Experimental Populations
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Species Fact Sheets
SeaLifeBase

(Photo by mayha0507)

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Marine spider (Desis martensi)
Collected from Pulau Seringat reef flat, July 1997
Native to Singapore: Vulnerable

Wild Fact Sheets
A Guide to Seashore Life in Singapore
A checklist of spiders from Singapore
Singapore Red Data Book
The annotated budak: Rubble runner
Arthropoda: The other sea spiders

(Photo by James)

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Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)
Collected from Bukit Timah, August 1923
Native to Singapore: Critically Endangered

Habitatnews: The Tekong Porcupine
Tekong's treasures
IUCN Red List

(Photo by kwokwai76)