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//Sungei Buloh General Information//
The **Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve** is a nature reserve located in the Northwest area of Singapore. It is the first wetlands reserve to be gazetted in Singapore in the year 2002, and its global importance as a stop-over point for migratory birds was also recognised by the Wetlands International's inclusion of the reserve into the East Asian Australian Shorebird Site Network. The reserve, with an area of 130 hectares, was listed as an ASEAN Heritage Park in 2003.

**Habitat**
** ﻿ ** The **giant mudskipper** is a species of mudskipper found in the seas, estuaries, and lower reaches of rivers of Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Phillippines, Seychelles, Thailand, Singapore, and Vietnam. It is most frequently found along muddy shores in estuaries. It lives in a burrow in the mud and emerges from the burrow at low tide on sunny days. It can move quickly across a muddy surface and is capable of breathing both in and out of water. //  Scientific name: ﻿ Periophathalmodon schlosseri  // // (  //  Source:  [] )

//Monitor Lizard (Malayan Water Monitor)//
====The **Water monitor**, is a large species of monitor lizard capable of growing to 3.21 metres (10.5 ft) in length, with the average size of most adults at 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) long. Some Malayan Water Monitors in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve (SBWR) have measured up to 2.5m in length. Maximum weight of //Varanus salvator// can be over 25 kilograms (55 lb), but most are half that size. Their body is muscular with a long, powerful, laterally compressed tail. Very often seen basking along the trails in the Reserve, they flee when approached closely. Through tagging studies, the population in SBWR is believed to number over 200.====

**Habitat**
====Water monitors are one of the most common monitor lizards found throughout Asia, and range from Sri Lanka, India, Indochina, the Malay Peninsula and various islands of Indonesia, living in areas close to water. It is called the Malayan Water Monitor in the Malay Peninsula.====

**Skills**
====Water monitors can be defensive, using their tail, claws, and jaws when fighting. They are excellent swimmers, using the raised fin located on their tails to steer through water. They can swim and even climb trees.====

**Diet**
====Water Monitors are carnivores, and have a wide range of foods. They are known to eat fish, frogs, rodents, birds, crabs, and snakes. They have also been known to eat turtles, as well as young crocodiles and crocodile eggs. It can swallow eggs without breaking the shells, digesting them completely in its stomach. Like the Komodo Dragon, they will often eat carrion.==== // Scientific name: Varanus salvator // (Source: [] & Boards in Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve)

//Red-eared Slider//
The **red-eared slider** (//Trachemys scripta elegans//) is a semiaquatic turtle which is a subspecies of pond slider. It is the most popular pet turtle in the world. It is native only to the southern United States, but has become established in other places because of pet releases. Many have in advertently been released throughout Singapore and they have established themselves. Red-eared sliders are almost entirely aquatic, but leave the water to bask in the sun and lay eggs. **What's in the name?** Red-eared sliders get their name from the distinctive red mark around their ears. The "slider" part of their name comes from their ability to slide off rocks and logs and into the water quickly. **Differences from other turtles** The red stripe on each side of the head distinguishes the red-eared slider from all other North American species. It can also be easily identified by the yellow striped head and red patch behind the eyes. **Shell** The carapace (top shell) is oval and flattened (especially in the male). It usually consists of a dark green background with light and dark highly variable markings. The plastron (bottom shell) is yellow with dark, paired, irregular markings in the center of most scutes. It is highly variable in pattern. The head, legs, and tail are green with fine, yellow, irregular lines. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; white-space: nowrap;">**Contrast between females and males** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; white-space: nowrap;">The female red-eared slider grows to be 25–33 cm (10–13 in) in length and males 20–25 cm (8–10 in). Male turtles are usually smaller than females but their tail is much longer and thicker. Claws are elongated in males which facilitate courtship and mating. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; white-space: nowrap;">Typically, the cloacal opening of the female is at or under the rear edge of the carapace, while the male's opening occurs beyond the edge of the carapace. Older males can sometimes have a melanistic coloration, being a dark grayish-olive green, with <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; white-space: nowrap;">markings being very subdued. The red stripe on the sides of the head may be difficult to see or be absent. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; white-space: nowrap;">**Skills** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; white-space: nowrap;">These reptiles are deceptively fast and are also decent swimmers.They hunt for prey and will attempt to capture it when the opportunity presents itself. They are aware of predators and people, and generally shy away from them. The red-eared slider is <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; white-space: nowrap;">known to frantically slide off rocks and logs when approached.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; white-space: nowrap;">Contrary to the popular misconception, red-eared sliders do not have saliva. They, like most aquatic turtles, have fixed tongues, so they must eat their food in water. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> Red-eared sliders are omnivores and eat a variety of animal and plant materials in the wild including, but not limited to, fish, crayfish, carrion, tadpoles, snails, crickets, wax worms, aquatic insects and numerous aquatic plant species. Larger turtles have been known to prey upon younger turtles. // Scientific name: Trachemys scripta elegans // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;"> (Source: [])

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Aerial roots can take on different forms. //Avicennia// develop shallow cable roots which spread out from the trunk. Along these cable roots emerge short pencil-like roots (left) called pneumatophores (meaning "air carrier" in Greek). A 3-metre tall //Avicennia// can have 10,000 pneumatophores. //Sonneratia// also produce pneumatophores, but these are cone-shaped instead. (Source: []) --note that this is not from wikipedia.