Tomistoma schlegelii (M̧ller, 1838)— Non-native; Introduced. False Gharial Singapore records. Tomistoma schlegeli —Sharma, 1973: 233.—L.M. Chou & Lam, 1989: 92. Tomistoma schlegelii —K.K.P. Lim & L.M. Chou, 1990: 56.—K.P. Lim & Subharaj, 1991b: 5 (Pasir Ris canal).—K.K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 1992: 43, 151.—K.P. Lim & F.L.K. Lim, 2002: 151.—D.C.J. Yeo & C.S.W. Chia, 2010: 35.—Pocklington, 2019: 8. “Baby crocodile”— Anonymous, 1991a: 2 (Pasir Ris). Remarks. Although often rumoured to occur in Singapore, primarily through the escape or release of farmed individuals (Sharma 1973; Pocklington 2021), only one record of T. schlegelii in Singapore is known. The record is of a juvenile found in Pasir Ris canal believed to be released by animal dealers evading a check by Singapore Customs at sea on 14 May 1991 (Anonymous 1991a; Lim & Subharaj 1991). Tomistoma schlegelii occurs naturally in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo (Bezuijen et al. 2010). LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens. Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens. Order Testudines Batsch, 1788 (19 species) Family Carettochelyidae Boulenger, 1887 (1 species) Genus Carettochelys Ramsay, 1886 (1 species)

Published as part of Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore's herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, pp. 1-378 in Zootaxa 5287 (1) on page 244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7960319