Smooth-scaled death adder, Acanthophis laevis Macleay, 1878 – of central Province / Papua New Guinea – around 800m ASL Acanthophis laevis Macleay, 1877, commonly known as the Smooth-scaled or New Guinea Death Adder, is a stout, terrestrial and highly venomous…
Amethystine Python, Simalia amethistina (Schneider, 1801) – of central Province / Papua New Guinea – around 800m ASL Commonly known as the Amethystine Python or New Guinea Scrub Python, is a large, non-venomous snake of the family Pythonidae. Formerly classified…
Sabah pit viper, Trimeresurus sabahi Regenass & Kramer, 1981 – of Kalimantan Barat / Borneo – around 700m ASL
Sumatran pitviper, Trimeresurus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822), Sarawak / Borneo 1100m ASL Borneo populations of Trimeresurus sumatranus are documented from Kalimantan and the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak; the species is also recorded from Sumatra and parts of Peninsular Malaysia…
Xenodermine Snake, Java Tubercle Snak or Dragon snake, Xenodermus javanicus REINHARDT, 1836 – of Borneo – around 400m ASL Xenodermus javanicus belongs to the family Xenodermidae and is the type species of the genus Xenodermus (and thus also the type…
Common mock viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus (F. Boie, 1827) of Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL. Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827) is a small snake species found in Southeast Asia, including Borneo (Kalimantan, Sabah and Sarawak). It’s often found in leaf litter…
White-bellied Rat Snake, Ptyas fusca (Günther, 1858) of Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL. Ptyas fusca (Günther, 1858) is a species of colubrid snake (Colubridae) that was originally described as Coryphodon fuscus; Borneo is given as the type locality. In…
Common mock viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus (F. Boie, 1827) of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL. Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827) is a rear-fanged snake from the superfamily Elapoidea, widespread in South and Southeast Asia; based on phylogenomic data, the genus…
Juvenile Kuhl’s flying gecko or the common flying gecko – Gekko kuhli (Stejneger, 1902) of Sarawak / Borneo around 250m ASL. Gekko kuhli (Stejneger, 1902) is a species of gecko (family Gekkonidae). In the literature, it has appeared as Ptychozoon kuhli…
White-spotted cat snake, Boiga drapiezii (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827) of south-Sarawak / Borneo highland around 1050m ASL. Boiga drapiezii (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827) is an opisthoglyphous (rear-fanged), egg-laying snake from the Colubridae family; its type locality…