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Singapore Biodiversity Records Archives

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Please note that with effect from 2021, Singapore Biodiversity Records will become a section within Nature in Singapore, titled ‘Biodiversity Records’.

The archive for Singapore Biodiversity Records will remain available online on this page. New Biodiversity Records from January 2021 onwards will be accessible under ‘Volumes’.

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Singapore Biodiversity Records 2020
  1. [Teleostei] The blueback damselfish, Pomacentrus simsiang, in Singapore. Daisuke Taira, Jovena Chun Ling Seah & Aaron Teo. [pdf]
  2. [Aves] Blue-crowned hanging parrot tucking pieces of leaf among throat feathers. Tan Hui Zhen. [pdf]
  3. [Aves] Mysterious entrapment of a sand-plover on a sandbar at Chek Jawa. Joleen Chan & Ria Tan. [pdf]
  4. [Reptilia] Malayan bridle snake at Old Upper Thomson Road. Spencer Jia Ming Yau, Wang Ting & Emmanuel Shyue Chian Goh. [pdf]
  5. [Reptilia, Magnoliophyta] Mourning gecko licking flower buds of Leea indica. Mohamad Azlin Sani. [pdf]
  6. [Mollusca] A sighting of the turtle cone shell, Conus achatinus. Calvin Jiah Jay Leow. [pdf]
  7. [Mollusca] Records of two cerithiopsid snails in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  8. [Mollusca] New Singapore record of the assiminid snail, Assiminea woodmasoniana. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  9. [Reptilia] Predation of brown tree skink by a Kopstein’s bronzeback snake. Nick Baker. [pdf]
  10. [Teleostei] Brassy chub in the Singapore Strait. Andrew Bauman & Zeehan Jaafar. [pdf]
  11. [Echinodermata] New record of heart urchin, Metalia spatagus, in Singapore. Neo Mei Lin, Teresa Stephanie Tay, Joel Hong Swee Ng & Sharmaine Lee. [pdf]
  12. [Aves] An observation of Asian openbill storks in Singapore. Tan Heok Hui. [pdf]
  13. [Mammalia] A pair of mating lesser mousedeer. Choo Ruirong. [pdf]
  14. [Mollusca] Sightings of live Alaerato angistoma snails in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan, Lau Wing Lup & Tan Siong Kiat. [pdf]
  15. [Insecta] Spoon-tailed duskhawker dragonfly at Yishun Central. Simon Kee Mun Chan. [pdf]
  16. [Insecta] A dragonfly of the genus Heliaeschna in Jalan Lembah Thomson estate. Christian Sih & Robin Ngiam. [pdf]
  17. [Echinodermata] New records of the keeled heart urchin, Brissus latecarinatus, in Singapore. Ria Tan, Teresa Stephanie Tay & Neo Mei Lin. [pdf]
  18. [Platyhelminthes] A marine flatworm, Pseudobiceros hymanae, at Cyrene Reef. Jianlin Liu. [pdf]
  19. [Reptilia] Asian softshell turtle at Thomson Nature Park. Nick Baker. [pdf]
  20. [Aves] Daurian redstart at University Town. Yuchen Ang, Lynette Sze Min Chia, Pei Zhen Yap & Anlydia Enqi Ooi. [pdf]
  21. [Insecta] Clipper butterfly at Yishun Central. Simon Kee Mun Chan. [pdf]
  22. [Mollusca] Confirmation of the occurrence of the snail, Assiminea nitida, in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  23. [Mollusca] A fig drill, Orania ficula, at Changi Beach. Chan Sow-Yan, Lau Wing Lup & Tan Siong Kiat. [pdf]
  24. [Teleostei] New record of the Cook’s cardinalfish in Singapore. Tan Heok Hui & Kelvin K. P. Lim. [pdf]
  25. [Teleostei] Black-blotched porcupinefish at Cyrene Reef. Yong How Jonathan Tan. [pdf]
  26. [Mollusca] Recent sightings of the textile cone in Singapore. Ron K. H. Yeo & Tan Heok Hui. [pdf]
  27. [Platyhelminthes] Seven new records of marine polyclads for Singapore. Rene Ong, Loh Koh Sheng, Ng Boon Leong, Tan Tsu Soo & Toh Chay Hoon. [pdf]
  28. [Teleostei] Erdmann’s wrasse off Lazarus Island. Adib Adris. [pdf]
  29. [Teleostei] New Singapore record of the fringelip mullet, Crenimugil heterocheilus. Kelvin K. P. Lim & Tan Heok Hui. [pdf]
  30. [Reptilia] Predation of Malayan rock gecko by Wagler’s pit-viper. Law Ing Sind. [pdf]
  31. [Mollusca] Sightings of the long-leaf irus clam, Irus irus, in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  32. [Mollusca] Live specimen of a false ark shell, Cucullaea granulosa, at Changi. Calvin Jiah Jay Leow. [pdf]
  33. [Reptilia] White-spotted slug snakes at Singapore Botanic Gardens and East Coast Park. Holly Siow & Alex Figueroa. [pdf]
  34. [Teleostei] Floral wrasse at Seringat-Kias. Adib Adris & Vincent Ting. [pdf]
  35. [Animalia] A Sunda pangolin at Yishun Central. Simon Kee Mun Chan. [pdf]
  36. [Reptilia] Malayan water monitor preying on dog-faced water snake. Craig Justin Tan. [pdf]
  37. [Reptilia] A king cobra in Hindhede Quarry. Claudia L. Y. Tan, Cheo Zi Han & Tan Hui Zhen. [pdf]
  38. [Insecta] A lantern bug, Laternaria oculata, at Mandai. Jamie Whitehouse. [pdf]
  39. [Insecta, Angiosperms] Yellow archduke caterpillars feeding on native species of Calophyllum. Cheo Zi Han, Sherry Ming Xuan Hung & Tan Hwee Huat. [pdf]
  40. [Mollusca] Examples of live ear-snails, Laemodonta punctigera, in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  41. [Arachnida, Reptilia] A reticulated python infested with the tick, Amblyomma helvolum. Naomi Kim. [pdf]
  42. [Insecta] Thread-waisted wasp, Isodontia diodon, nesting in a bee hotel at HortPark. Zestin W. W. Soh & Jacqueline L. E. Chua. [pdf]
  43. [Mollusca] New Singapore record of awl sponge shell, Triphora subulata. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  44. [Mollusca] The periwinkle snail, Peasiella lutulenta, in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  45. [Mollusca] Comparison of juvenile and adult mangrove murex, Chicoreus capucinus. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  46. [Reptilia] Recent observations of brown and olive tree skinks, with a review of records from Singapore. Alex Figueroa, Chloe Tan, Joys Tan & Kah Ming Teo. [pdf]
  47. [Aves] A dusky warbler at Yishun Central. Simon Kee Mun Chan. [pdf]
  48. [Mammalia] Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins near Jurong Island. Benjamin P. Y-H. Lee & Michelle Ooi. [pdf]
  49. [Teleostei] An arapaima at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Zestin W.W. Soh. [pdf]
  50. [Reptilia] Records of striped keelback from eastern Singapore. Alex Figueroa & Jason Fantuzzi. [pdf]
  51. [Insecta, Angiosperms] Fig wasps of the genus Ceratosolen in a Ficus variegata fig. Zestin W.W. Soh. [pdf]
  52. [Mollusca] Sightings of live Auriculastra brachyspira snails in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  53. [Mollusca] Sightings of pretty ear-snails, Melampus pulchellus, in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  54. [Aves] An observation of coconut lorikeets at the Botanic Gardens. Tan Heok Hui. [pdf]
  55. [Reptilia] Ball python and Wagler’s pit-viper at Old Upper Thomson Park Connector. Nick Baker. [pdf]
  56. [Insecta] Common birdwing butterflies at Yishun Central. Simon Kee Mun Chan. [pdf]
  57. [Reptilia] Consumption of a softshell turtle by Malayan water monitors. Webster Cheong. [pdf]
  58. [Reptilia, Mammalia] An encounter with a pair of mating red-tailed racers. Richard White. [pdf]
  59. [Aves] Second Singapore record of the black-and-red broadbill in the last 50 years. Muhammad Fadhli bin Ahmad, Muhammad Ghufran bin Tahir, Ramakrishnan s/o R Kolandavelu, Mishak bin Shunari & David Li. [pdf]
  60. [Insecta] Atlas mammoth wasp, Megascolia procer procer, at Sungei Buloh. Spencer Yau Jia Ming & Zestin Wen Wen Soh. [pdf]
  61. [Mollusca] Baler volute at Changi Beach. Spencer Yau Jia Ming & Low Si Hui. [pdf]
  62. [Mammalia] Parturition of a Sunda colugo. Heng Yirui & Craig Justin Tan. [pdf]
  63. [Teleostei] A freckled porcupinefish at Changi. Adib Adris. [pdf]
  64. [Reptilia] A juvenile Sumatran flying dragon. Dhanushri Munasinghe. [pdf]
  65. [Teleostei] The silty damselfish, Pomacentrus cheraphilus, in Singapore. Daisuke Taira & Amanda Rouwen Hsiung. [pdf]
  66. [Mollusca] Barrackpore hive snails, Kaliella barrakporensis, in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  67. [Insecta] Woodborer bee, Lithurgus sp., nesting at Sungei Buloh. Zestin W. W. Soh & Kathleen K. L. Yap. [pdf]
  68. [Mollusca, Echinodermata] Parasitic snail, Eulima adamsii, on sand dollar Arachnoides placenta. Calvin Jiah Jay Leow. [pdf]
  69. [Insecta] Rediscovery of the spotted guava blue butterfly in Singapore. Tsang Kwok Choong. [pdf]
  70. [Chondrichthyes] Recent sightings of whale shark in Singapore waters. Zeehan Jaafar. [pdf]
  71. [Cnidaria] New record of the jellyfish, Ulmaris snelliusi, in Singapore. Iffah Iesa, Chuan Chee Hoe & Nicholas Yap Wei Liang. [pdf]
  72. [Echinodermata] A striking seastar, Euretaster insignis, at Terumbu Hantu. Heng Pei Yan. [pdf]
  73. [Mollusca] Ramose murex snails at Changi Beach. Spencer Yau Jia Ming, Sarah Priyanka Nelson & Bryan Wong Kang Ing. [pdf]
  74. [Insecta] Smith’s rotund-resin bee, Anthidiellum smithii, nesting in a bee hotel. Zestin W. W. Soh & Eunice J. Y. Soh. [pdf]
  75. [Crustacea] Reticulated swamp crabs at Upper Seletar. Spencer Yau Jia Ming, Jerome Lee, Drima Chakraborty, Miyana Yoshino & Low Si Hui. [pdf]
  76. [Teleostei] A juvenile peacock grouper off Kusu Island. Adib Adris. [pdf]
  77. [Reptilia] Cantor’s water snake at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. Spencer Yau Jia Ming & Khairi Kamisan. [pdf]
  78. [Reptilia] Keeled rat snake preying on striped kukri snake. Ong Chew Chuan & Charlene Yeong. [pdf]
  79. [Reptilia] Brown anoles at Jurong Lake Gardens. Cai Hongxia & Wu Zhiyuan. [pdf]
  80. [Reptilia] Oriental whip snakes mating. Naomi Kim. [pdf]
  81. [Reptilia] Predation of brown tree skink by an Oriental whip snake. Naomi Kim. [pdf]
  82. [Mollusca] The pond snail, Gabbia wykoffi, in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  83. [Mollusca] New Singapore record of toothless pupa snail, Pupisoma dioscoricola. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  84. [Mollusca] The introduced predatory snail, Gulella bicolor, in Singapore. Lau Wing Lup & Chan Sow-Yan. [pdf]
  85. [Teleostei] Sighting of a comet, Calloplesiops altivelis, off Pulau Hantu. Toh Chay Hoon. [pdf]
  86. [Reptilia] Rediscovery of the Selangor mud snake, Raclitia indica, in Singapore. Law Ing Sind, Neo Xiaoyun, Dennis Nathaniel Chan, Shivaram Rasu. [pdf]
  87. [Teleostei] New record of the Philippine dartfish, Parioglossus philippinus, in Singapore. Daisuke Taira. [pdf]
  88. [Teleostei] A goldtail damselfish, Chrysiptera parasema, at Pulau Hantu. Daisuke Taira. [pdf]
  89. [Mollusca] New Singapore record of the nudibranch, Tritoniopsis elegans. Jianlin Liu. [pdf]
  90. [Aves] Spotted wood-owls at East Coast Park. Karl Jun Qiang Png. [pdf]
  91. [Insecta] Recent records of the jewel beetle, Chrysochroa purpureiventris, in Singapore. Law Ingg Thong, Jerome Lee, Drima Chakraborty & Law Ing Sind. [pdf]
  92. [Crustacea] Sentinel swimming crab at Seringat-Kias. Hua Kai & Adib Adris. [pdf]
  93. [Reptilia] A king cobra crossing Old Upper Thomson Road. Nick Baker & Sophia Sak Baker. [pdf]
  94. [Aves] Oriental pied hornbills harassing glossy starling. Steve Kong & Angeline Teo. [pdf]
  95. [Mollusca] Disruption in shell colour patterns of nerite snails. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  96. [Mollusca] New record of the mangrove leaf-oyster, Isognomon spathulatus, in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  97. [Insecta, Plantae] Shield bugs, Enada rosea, on Hopea odorata. Marcus F. C. Ng. [pdf]
  98. [Insecta] Relocation of a hive of black dwarf honey bee at Yishun Central. Simon Chan Kee Mun. [pdf]
  99. [Reptilia] Observation of a brown anole at the Kovan area. Emmanuel Shyue Chian Goh & Rachel Wan Xin Seah. [pdf]
  100. [Reptilia] Sighting of a blue forest lizard, Calotes mystaceus, in Singapore. Law Ingg Thong. [pdf]
  101. [Mollusca] New record of glossy pupa-snail, Gastrocopta servilis, in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  102. [Mollusca] New record of the predatory snail Gulella io in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  103. [Mollusca] Annual diplomate snails, Diplommatina concinna, on Bukit Timah Hill. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  104. [Insecta] Host associations of the Sunda chilli-tail bee, Euaspis polynesia, in Singapore. Zestin W.W. Soh, Jacqueline L.E. Chua, Tan King How & John S. Ascher. [pdf]
  105. [Crustacea, Cnidaria] New record of shrimp, Periclimenes cf. obscurus, on carpet anemone. Veron Pwa Keay Hoon & Jin-Ho Park. [pdf]
  106. [Echinodermata] New record of heart urchin, Brissopsis luzonica, in Singapore. Toh Chay Hoon, Teresa Stephanie Tay & Neo Mei Lin. [pdf]
  107. [Teleostei] Tiny cardinalfish, Ostorhinchus nanus, off Kusu Island. Daisuke Taira. [pdf]
  108. [Chondricthyes] Spotted eagle rays at Sentosa. Ahmad Lutfi bin Saimin & Tan Heok Hui. [pdf]
  109. [Mollusca] Giant clams at Sentosa. Ria Tan, Loh Kok Sheng, Desmond Ong & Neo Mei Lin. [pdf]
  110. [Insecta] Singapore records of the rare hoverfly, Furcantenna malayana. Zestin W. W. Soh, Yue Teng Lee & Nicholas W. Lim. [pdf]
  111. [Insecta] A Dorylaea cockroach nymph along Old Upper Thomson Road. James Chua. [pdf]
  112. [Mollusca] New Singapore record of the nudibranch, Anteaeolidiella cacaotica. Vincent Choo. [pdf]
  113. [Mollusca] First Singapore record of the surf clam, Mactra maculata. Calvin Jiah Jay Leow. [pdf]
  114. [Reptilia, Insecta] A Kopstein’s bronzeback snake at a wasp nest. Nick Baker. [pdf]
  115. [Reptilia] Pignose turtle carcass at Marina Barrage. Veronica Foo. [pdf]
  116. [Reptilia] Blue Malayan coral snake preying on a pink-headed reed snake. Koh Ke Han. [pdf]
  117. [Teleostei] A collection of fishes from Pulau Satumu. Tan Heok Hui & Kelvin K. P. Lim. [pdf]
  118. [Mammalia] A family of smooth-coated otters at Yishun Pond. Simon Kee Mun Chan. [pdf]
  119. [Insecta] Adult wood-feeding cockroach Panesthia angustipennis at Nanyang Drive. Kamalakannan Raja, Dhanushri Munasinghe & Toh Yen-Lin. [pdf]
  120. [Mollusca] Frog shell, Bufonaria perelegans, at Changi. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  121. [Mollusca] The Thai dog whelk, Reticunassa thailandensis, in Singapore. Chan Sow-Yan & Lau Wing Lup. [pdf]
  122. [Insecta] New Singapore record of a stick-like mantis of the genus Phyllothelys. Foo Maosheng, Kong Ann Nee & Alex Kang Beng Hong. [pdf]

Special Issue

  1. Snakes and lizards recorded by Alexander Cross in Singapore from 1942 to 1945. Kelvin K. P. Lim. [pdf]
  2. Some notes on the species of Ophidia and Lacertilia obtained at Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, during May and June 1944. Alexander Cross. [pdf]
  3. Notes on the species of Ophidia and Lacertilia obtained at Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, during July 1944. Alexander Cross. [pdf]
  4. Notes on the species of Ophidia and Lacertilia obtained at Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, during August 1944. Alexander Cross. [pdf]
  5. Notes on the species of Ophidia and Lacertilia obtained at Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, during September 1944. Alexander Cross. [pdf]
  6. Notes on the species of Ophidia and Lacertlia obtained at Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, during October 1944. Alexander Cross. [pdf]
  7. Notes on the species of Ophidia and Lacertilia obtained at Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, during November 1944. Alexander Cross. [pdf]
  8. Notes on the species of Ophidia and Lacertilia obtained at Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, during December 1944. Alexander Cross. [pdf]
  9. Notes on the species of Ophidia and Lacertlia obtained at Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, during January 1945. Alexander Cross. [pdf]
  10. Notes on the species of Ophidia and Lacertlia obtained at Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, during February 1945. Alexander Cross. [pdf]
  11. Notes on the species of Ophidia and Lacertlia obtained in Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, during March 1945. Alexander Cross. [pdf]
  12. Notes on the species of Ophidia and Lacertilia obtained in Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, during April 1945. Alexander Cross. [pdf]
  13. Belated reports on the species of Ophidia and Lacertilia obtained in Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, for March and April 1945. Alexander Cross. [pdf]
  14. Notes on the species of Ophidia and Lacertilia obtained in Sime Road Internment Camp, Singapore, between 1st May and 25th August 1945. Alexander Cross. [pdf]
  15. Compilation of Ophidia and Lacertilia recorded in Singapore from 1942 to 1945. Alexander Cross. [pdf]

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