The Green Corridor: Wildlife, Alive and Dead, along the Tracks

May 16, 2011 by  
Filed under Nature, Stories

By Daphne, 25 Apr 2011.

Warning: The following post includes gruesome photos of dead animals, which may cause discomfort to some readers.

Long tail macaques. Monitor Lizards. The rare pangolin. The common changeable lizard. Various species of snakes.

Long Tail Macaques on the tracks

Long tail macaques are a common sight at the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, of which the railway tracks pass near to the entrance of.

These are but a few animals that can be found along the section of the KTM railway tracks that run from the Bukit Timah Railway Station up till the road next to the soon-to-be-converted-into-a-condomium Ten Mile Junction.

Unfortunately, some of these animals may have fallen victim to “road-kill”, or rather “track-kill” by passing trains. Read more