Kobayashi’s horned frog, Pelobatrachus kobayashii Malkmus and Matsui, 1997 from Sabah / Borneo. A few years ago, I had the chance to photograph the rare Pelobatrachus kobayashii. Nevertheless, I wanted to find and photograph this very impressive and very large…
Red whip snake – Dryophiops rubescens (Gray, 1835) from Sabah/Borneo – around 100m ASL Dryophiops rubescens is an arboreal colubrid described by John Edward Gray in 1835 and the type species of the genus Dryophiops. It inhabits lowland forest and…
Kinabalu sticky frog, Kalophrynus baluensis Kiew, 1984 – of Sabah / Borneo Kalophrynus baluensis Kiew 1984 is a microhylid frog endemic to the upper slopes of Mount Kinabalu in Sabah Borneo where it inhabits primary montane forest between roughly 1400…
Stork-billed kingfisher – Pelargopsis capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) – P. c. innominata (van Oort, 1910) – of Borneo (200m ASL) Pelargopsis capensis is a large tree kingfisher of the family Alcedinidae that is widely but patchily distributed from the Indian subcontinent…
Rhinoceros hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758 (B. r. borneoensis Schlegel & Müller, S, 1845) – of Borneo (300m ASL) Buceros rhinoceros Linnaeus 1758, the rhinoceros hornbill, is a large canopy dwelling hornbill of the Sundaic region where it inhabits…
A visit to the Kundasang Market in Sabah at Mount Kinabalu. Kundasang Market is the everyday fresh-produce market of Kundasang, a highland town in Ranau District, Sabah, a few kilometres from Kinabalu National Park. Stalls line the main road through…
Proboscis monkey – Nasalis larvatus Wurmb, 1787 – of Sabah / Borneo Nasalis larvatus is an Old World colobine primate endemic to Borneo, where it occupies mangrove, riverine and swamp forests and is best known for the male’s greatly enlarged…
Wrinkled hornbill or Sunda wrinkled hornbill – Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus (Temminck, 1832) – of Borneo (100m ASL) Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus, the wrinkled hornbill, is a canopy frugivore of the Sunda region, occurring in southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and nearby islands,…
Borneo elephant or the Borneo pygmy elephant, Elephas maximus borneensis Deraniyagala, 1950 Sabah/Borneo. Elephas maximus borneensis is the Bornean elephant, a subspecies of the Asian elephant restricted to north eastern Borneo, with most herds in Sabah and a small population in…
Crested serpent eagle, Spilornis cheela (Latham, 1790) of Borneo. The Crested Serpent Eagle is a medium sized raptor of tropical Asia that favors forests and edges and is often seen soaring above the canopy; adults are dark brown with a small…