Tree fern – Sphaeropteris glauca (Blume) R.M.Tryon of Sarawak/Borneo – around 900m ASL. Sphaeropteris glauca (Blume) R.M.Tryon (Cyatheaceae, order Cyatheales) is a tree-like fern; the name was published in this combination in 1970. Homotypic synonyms include Chnoophora glauca Blume (1828) and…
Scindapsus pictus Hassk. – of Sarawak/Borneo – around 1000m ASL. Scindapsus pictus (Araceae) was first described in 1842 in the Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie (volume/issue ‘ix’, p. 164); the author abbreviation ‘Hassk.’ stands for the botanist Justus Carl…
Mistletoe fig, Ficus deltoidea of Sarawak/Borneo – around 1400m ASL. Ficus deltoidea Jack (Moraceae) is an accepted species that was first described by William Jack in 1822 in Malayan Miscellanies (2(7): 71). In the Kew taxonomic reference (Plants of the…
Acriopsis liliifolia (J. Koenig) Seidenf. – of Sarawak/Borneo – around 870m ASL. Acriopsis liliifolia is a species of orchid (Orchidaceae) in the genus Acriopsis. The name is derived from the basionym Epidendrum liliifolium J. Koenig (1791); the combination Acriopsis liliifolia,…
Asian water monitor – Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) of Sabah / Borneo. Varanus salvator is a large semi aquatic monitor lizard native to South and Southeast Asia where it frequents rivers wetlands mangroves and even urban waterways and is among…
Saltwater crocodile – Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801 of Borneo – around 80m ASL Crocodylus porosus Schneider 1801, the saltwater crocodile, is the largest living reptile, with exceptional males approaching seven metres and about 1200kg while most adults are smaller; it…
Citharognathus hosei Pocock, 1895 of central Sarawak, Borneo – around 800m ASL. Citharognathus hosei is the type species of the theraphosid genus Citharognathus within the subfamily Ornithoctoninae, described from Baram in Sarawak on Borneo from material collected by Charles Hose.…
Saffron-bellied frog, Chaperina fusca Mocquard, 1892 – at an illegal waste dumping site in Kuching, south Sarawak / Borneo / Lowland 60m ASL Chaperina fusca is a small species of narrow-mouthed frog (family Microhylidae) and the only representative of the…
Dark-based gliding hawkmoth, Ambulyx substrigilis Westwood, 1847 – Sarawak / Borneo – around 1000m ASL Ambulyx substrigilis occurs from Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh east to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Hainan (China), Peninsular and Sarawak…
The western long-legged bush frog – Philautus kakipanjang Dehling and Dehling, 2013 of Sarawak / Borneo – around 1000m ASL Etymologically, the specific epithet kakipanjang is explicitly derived from two Malay words; kaki (“leg”) and panjang (“long”)—chosen to highlight the…