20th December 2019
A juvenile and most likely undescribed tree toad of the Rentapia genus – Sarawak / Borneo – around 130m ASL.
Tag: asia
7th December 2019
female of the lichen spider, Pandercetes sp. of south Sarawak / Borneo
5th December 2019
Tufted jungleking, Thauria aliris Frühstorfer 1902, Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL Thauria aliris is a remarkable butterfly, with a 11 to 13cm wingspan. Like other members of the genus Thauria, the ventral wing surfaces are disruptively patterned and look…
5th December 2019
Whip-Scorpion, Thelyphonus borneensis Kraepelin, 1897 – of Sarawak / Borneo Have a look at this in situ shot of Thelyphonus borneensis, whip scorpions or vinegaroons are members of the Uropygi order and the foreplay is not that easy like in the…
21st November 2019
Miss North’s pitcher-plant Nepenthes northiana Hook.f. (1881) from Sarawak / Borneo A special plant that is threatened by habitat loss but the main reason is because people collecting them, just to have them at home. Nepenthes northiana Hook.f. lives as…
19th November 2019
Everett’s Asian tree toad or marbled tree toad Rentapia everetti (Boulenger, 1896) from Sarawak / Borneo – around 950m ASL.
28th October 2019
Moss mantis, Haania sp. from Sarawak / Borneo around 800m ASL
23rd October 2019
Orchids are omnipresent in whole Borneo and can be found everywhere from the coastal shorelines to the elevated mountain tops in the hinterland. The orchid Plocoglottis plicata (Roxb.) is very common in certain areas and one of my favorite terrestrial…
7th October 2019
Stheneboea spec. or Parastheneboea spec. of central Sarawak / Borneo
30th April 2019
Orange huntsman spider with egg-sack, Heteropoda sp. of south Sarawak / Borneo