Part Five
24.
Sumatran Flying Dragon
Draco sumatranus
A lizard capable of gliding from tree to tree using its expandable, wing-like skin flap on each side of its body called a patagium.
Male lizards have blue undersides (shown) while female lizards have yellow undersides.
25.
Black Bittern
Ixobrychus flavicollis
Black bitterns are uncommon migrants to Singapore’s freshwater marshes, lakes, and ponds.
They frequently fall victim to glass window collisions, especially during their peak passage migration from October to November.
26.
Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat
Cynopterus brachyotis
Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight. The lesser dog-faced fruit bat’s diet consists of fruits, flowers, and
nectar. Mothers carry their young all the time (even in flight) for more than a month.
27.
Northern Boobook
Ninox japonica
Northern boobooks are rare migrants that can be easily misidentified with the most common breeding resident
owl in Singapore, the Brown boobook, due to their similar plumage.
28.
Gold-ringed Cat Snake
Boiga dendrophila
Also known as the Mangrove Cat Snake, this robust snake’s black body is distinctly marked with yellow transverse rings.
Its eyes are large with vertical pupils resembling the eyes of a cat.
