White-throated kingfisher on wet tropical bark

Citizen Observation · Expert Identification

The Wild Side
of Singapore

Photograph what you find across Singapore's mangroves, parks and rainforest fringe. Every submission is reviewed and given a definitive species identification.

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The Living Archive

Recent discoveries

White-spotted jellyfish

HABITAT / URBAN

LAT 1.2655 · LNG 103.8126

OBSERVER / Jason

Identified

White-spotted jellyfish

Phyllorhiza punctata

Class · Scyphozoa

Order · Rhizostomeae

Marina Keppel Bay · 29 Aug 2026

Unidentified wildlife sighting

HABITAT / RAINFOREST

LAT 1.4117 · LNG 103.7864

OBSERVER / rui quan

nymph

Pending

Awaiting identification

Mandai · 23 Aug 2026

Knobbly Sea Star

HABITAT / COASTAL

LAT 0.0000 · LNG 0.0000

OBSERVER / ANONYMOUS

ID: Knobbly Sea Star — Protoreaster nodosus — The identification is based on the five-armed body plan and the distinct dark, chocolate-chip-like conical knobs on its dorsal surface, which are diagnostic for Protoreaster nodosus. — A heavy-bodied sea star easily recognized by the prominent, dark, conical knobs protruding from its dorsal surface.

Identified

Knobbly Sea Star

Protoreaster nodosus

Class · Asteroidea

Order · Valvatida

Singapore · 25 Aug 2026

Unidentified wildlife sighting

HABITAT / COASTAL

LAT 1.2228 · LNG 103.8611

OBSERVER / rui quan

Lissoporcellana spinuligera, not Petrolisthes on the basis of the trilobate front

Pending

Awaiting identification

Class · Crustacea

Order · Decapoda

kusu island · 16 Jul 2026

Unidentified wildlife sighting

HABITAT / COASTAL

LAT 1.2228 · LNG 103.8611

OBSERVER / rui quan

ID: Crocodile flathead goby — Psammogobius biocellatus — The identification is supported by the fish's flattened, crocodile-like snout and its dark brown to black body interrupted by prominent lighter saddles, which are key diagnostic features for this species. — A benthic goby characterized by a flattened, triangular head and a dark body with distinct lighter saddles across its back. — Psammogobius biocellatus

Pending

Awaiting identification

Class · Actinopterygii

Order · Gobiiformes

Kusu Island · 16 Jul 2026

Unidentified wildlife sighting

HABITAT / COASTAL

LAT 0.0000 · LNG 0.0000

OBSERVER / Rui Quan

Pending

Awaiting identification

Singapore · 25 Aug 2026

Unidentified wildlife sighting

HABITAT / COASTAL

LAT 0.0000 · LNG 0.0000

OBSERVER / Rui Quan

Pending

Awaiting identification

Singapore · 25 Aug 2026

Unidentified wildlife sighting

HABITAT / COASTAL

LAT 0.0000 · LNG 0.0000

OBSERVER / Rui Quan

Pending

Awaiting identification

Singapore · 25 Aug 2026

Unidentified wildlife sighting

HABITAT / COASTAL

LAT 0.0000 · LNG 0.0000

OBSERVER / Rui Quan

Pending

Awaiting identification

Singapore · 25 Aug 2026

Unidentified wildlife sighting

HABITAT / COASTAL

LAT 0.0000 · LNG 0.0000

OBSERVER / Rui Quan

Pending

Awaiting identification

Singapore · 25 Aug 2026