Lobb’s bulbophyllum, Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindl. (1847) – of Sarawak/Borneo – around 1320m ASL. Bulbophyllum lobbii Lindl. (Orchidaceae) is an epiphytic species of sect. Sestochilus, distributed from NE India, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines in lowland–montane forests. Plants bear discrete pseudobulbs,…
Spilarctia groganae (Holloway, 1976) – Sarawak / Borneo – around 1000m ASL Spilarctia groganae (sometimes placed in Spilosoma) is a moth of the family Erebidae, first described by J. D. Holloway in 1976. It is well known from northern Borneo,…
White-spotted cat snake, Boiga drapiezii (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827) – of West-Sarawak/Borneo – around 1250m ASL Boiga drapiezii (white-spotted cat snake) is a slender, arboreal, rear-fanged colubrid distributed across maritime Southeast Asia, including Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Mentawai…
Unknown Bush Frog – Philautus sp. of Kalimantan / Borneo – around 1300m ASL It doesn’t happen often anymore that I see frogs in Borneo that I’ve never seen before, and it happens even less often that I have no…
Sabah pit viper, Trimeresurus sabahi Regenass & Kramer, 1981 – of Sarawak / Borneo – around 900m ASL Trimeresurus sabahi (Sabah pit viper) is a montane pit viper endemic to northern Borneo (Malaysia: Sabah, Sarawak), typically occurring in submontane to…
Amerila astreus (Drury, 1773) – Sarawak / Borneo – around 1030m ASL Amerila is an Old World genus of Arctiinae (Erebidae) and the sole member of the tribe Amerilini; it was erected by Walker in 1855 (type species Sphinx astreus Drury,…
Giant orange Huntsman Spider – Rhitymna pinangensis (Thorell, 1891) of Sarawak / Borneo – around 900m ASL. Rhitymna pinangensis (Thorell, 1891) is a huntsman spider (family Sparassidae) and the type species of the genus Rhitymna Simon, 1897. It was originally…
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…
A male Kerangas Bush Frog Philautus kerangae Dring, 1987, of south Sarawak / Borneo around 940m ASL.
Two-colored dwarf snake or bicoloured reed snake, Calamaria bicolor Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 of south Sarawak / Borneo – around 900m ASL Calamaria bicolor is a small fossorial snake in the family Colubridae and the subfamily Calamariinae. Adults are…