Changeable Lizard (Calotes versicolor) (L) and Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella) ® @ Singapore Botanic Gardens

What’s the connection between the Changeable Lizard and the Green Crested Lizard? Final couple of hours to drop by the Festival of Biodiversity to learn more about Singapore’s flora and fauna!

Specimens of various reptiles found in Singapore: Estuarine Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), Malayan Forest Softshell Turtle (Dogania subplana), King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) & Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella) @ VivoCity

Day 1 of the Festival of Biodiversity 2014 has come to an end, but you can still visit VivoCity tomorrow to learn more about Singapore’s wildlife and wild places!

Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella)
Bukit Timah, 9th April 2013

This carcass of a Green Crested Lizard was found and photographed by Amanda Tan just outside Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. It was presumably run over by a passing vehicle.

Find out how you can contribute to Monday Morgue too.

• NParks Flora&FaunaWeb
• The Digital Nature Archive of Singapore
• Wild Fact Sheets
• Wildlife Singapore
• The Tidechaser: Lizards (Phylum Chordata: Suborder Lacertilia) of Singapore
• Ecology Asia
• The Reptile Database
• The Online Field Guide
• Taxonomic review and morphometric description of Bronchocela cristatella Kuhl, 1820 (Squamata: Agamidae) with notes on other species in the genus

Green Crested Lizard

Green Crested Lizard (Bronchocela cristatella)
Pulau Ubin, 16th December 2011

• The Digital Nature Archive of Singapore
• NParks Flora&FaunaWeb
• Wild Fact Sheets
• Wildlife Singapore
• The Tidechaser: Lizards (Phylum Chordata: Suborder Lacertilia) of Singapore
• Ecology Asia
• The Reptile Database
• The Online Field Guide