Invertebrates, Amphibians & Reptiles
INDO-MALAYAN Tropical & Subtropical Dry (Deciduous) Forest

Order Araneae: Spiders

Lynx Spiders tend to have long abdomens and large stiff hairs spaced out across their body. They ambush insects from their perch on the flowers and fruits on plants. 

Scarabaeinae: Dung Beetles

Anura: Frogs

Order Squamata: Lizards and Snakes

Family Agamidae: 'Dragons'

Maybe Pseudocalotes sp.?

Calotes versicolor, 'Oriental/Changeable Garden Dragon/Lizard'. Develops bright red throat in breeding season.

Draco spp.'Gliding Lizards'

These lizards get their name from the fact that they can glide long distances using their wing-like, patagia; stretched skin supported by elongated thoracic ribs. 

They are perhaps slightly easier to see in the drier forest than the wet. The males display a bright flap of skin from their neck, the gular flag. 

Subfamily Leiolepidinae: Butterfly Lizards

Butterfly Lizards live in open areas, where they construct burrows which they duck into quickly when they are alarmed.

Leiolepsis sp. 'Butterfly Lizard'

Family Scincidae

Family Varanidae

Varanus bengalensis, 'Indian/Land/Bengal Monitor'. Found in India, the middle east, and into south-east Asia.

Suborder Serpentes: Snakes

Ahaetulla prasina, 'Oriental Whip Snake', 'Asian Vine Snake'. Very thin, with long pointy snout and large eyes. Usually seen sliding through canopy. Throughout south-east Asia.

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