#wildlife #singapore stories. An Angry Brown #anole lizard intimidated me.

 

 

 

Have you ever seen an angry lizard in the Bird Paradise? The Bird Paradise is for birds, not lizards. I was surprised to see one reptile.

WILDLIFE SINGAPORE - AN ANGRY BROWN ANOLE INTIMIDATED ME.
Doctor Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow)
Educational Video created: 4 Jan 2026

20 Oct 2025 was a warm bright sunshine blue skies morning to connect with Nature. Many tourists posed for photographs at the Orchid Waterfall Garden with the orchids as a backdrop.

Some were less than two feet away from this lizard lying on a low tree stump amid the orchid flowers.

This Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) was a small brown lizard lying on a low tree stump amid the orchid flowers. Since he stayed put, I photographed and videoed him from a distance of six feet.

Head-bobbing up and down. It looked like he was doing push ups to appear bigger. His red dewlap which is skin below his throat ballooned out 3 times in succession and then once more.

I knew he was intimidating  me based on similar four previous encounters with the Oriental Garden Lizard during my past decade of Nature journalling.

This is a rare video footage of the Anole's communication to make himself look bigger and more intimidating or stronger to attract the female. 

UPDATE:

https://2010vets.blogspot.com/2026/01/4372-anole-lizard-intimidated-me.html