Horsfield’s tarsier, also known as the western tarsier, Cephalopachus bancanus (Horsfield, 1821) of south Sarawak / Borneo I don’t know which animals are my favourites, but these little creatures of the rainforest definitely occupy a top place in my personal…
Hard-shelled katydid Dysmorpha obesa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 of central Sabah / Borneo – 200m ASL
Long-tailed macaque, Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821 from Sabah / Borneo – Kinabatangan. Anyone of us who has ever been to Borneo has seen the long-tailed macaques more than once. In some national parks, they are even animals you don’t want…
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…
Camponotus festinus (Smith, F., 1857) – Slim Carpenter Ants of the Tanaemyrmex subgenus in central Sarawak – 400m ASL
Dring’s horned toad or Dring’s horned frog – Sarawakiphrys dringi (Inger, Stuebing and Tan, 1995) of central Sarawak / Borneo (new location) Sarawakiphrys dringi from a new location in central Sarawak / Borneo – around 1800m ASL. This species was…
Sarawak Eyebrow Lizard – Pelturagonia spiniceps (Smith, 1925) of central Sarawak / Borneo around 1900m ASL Synonym: Phoxophrys spiniceps Smith, 1925 Once again a range extension for this species. I was able to find this induviduum on a previously unclimbed…
Malaysian flying frog or red-legged frog, Leptomantis rufipes (Inger, 1966) of south Sarawak around 1000m ASL
Ansonia latidisca Inger, 1966 (Sambas Stream Toad or Rainbow Toad) I haven’t found these rainbow toads for a few years now, but this year I finally had luck again. Although I had been to the habitat a few times this…
Borneo groundsnake or Borneo Frog-eating Snake, Stegonotus borneensis INGER, 1967 – from south Sarawak / Borneo These individuals are dividing the herpetological community. Some say it is a juvenile Stegonotus borneensis, while others believe it is a Lycodon species. It…