20th June 2023
Common Collared Snake, Pseudorabdion collaris (MOCQUARD, 1892) – of south Sarawak / Borneo – around 200m ASL
Author: Lars
23rd April 2023
Low’s pitcher-plant, Nepenthes lowii, of north Sarawak / Borneo around 2100m ASL Upper pitchers of Nepenthes lowii, which is a carnivorous plant from the genus pitcher plants (Nepenthes). It was first described around 1859 by botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker. The…
27th March 2023
Northwest Bornean orang-utan, Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760), is one of the three sup-species of Pongo pygmaeus in Borneo. When you think of Borneo’s wildlife, the orang utan will come to your mind almost immediately. I’ve seen these forest people,…
26th March 2023
Sarawak Keelback, Hebius sarawacensis (Günther, 1872) – of Sarawak / Borneo – 2023m ASL This Hebius sarawacensis is nothing special at first, but where I found it it is. The second edition of “Snakes of Borneo” gives the maximum altitudinal…
25th March 2023
Murud dwarf toad, Pelophryne murudensis Das, 2008 of Sarawak / Borneo, 2105m ASL
24th March 2023
Murud black slender toad or widow slender toad, Ansonia vidua, Hertwig, Min, Haas & Das, 2014 – 2130m ASL. The specific name vidua is Latin for “widow” and refers to the uniform brownish-black colouration of this species, much like what…
23rd March 2023
Birupes simoroxigorum (Theraphosidae), of south Sarawak, Borneo. I haven’t seen this Birupes simoroxigorum in a while. But since Chien, Pearl and I discovered and first photographed this species we have been able to record this beautiful blue tarantula at more…
23rd March 2023
The Philippine slow loris, Nycticebus menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) of south Sarawak, around 60m ASL. According to Munds & Nekaris et al (2013), there are four different species of Slow Loris in Borneo. The species in the photo is Nycticebus menagensis (Lydekker, 1893),…
16th March 2023
Balu flying frog – Rhacophorus baluensis Inger, 1954 of Gunung Murud (Sarawak, Borneo) around 2200m ASL Rhacophorus baluensis inhabits mainly montane rainforest in northern Borneo. The males are often found calling at water-filled, wild boar wallows. This species is a…
7th March 2023
Stick insect, Dinophasma mjobergi Bragg, 2001 of Sarawak / Borneo around 2100m ASL.