Sabah pit viper, Trimeresurus sabahi Regenass & Kramer, 1981 – of Sarawak / Borneo – around 900m ASL This specimen could be the same individual that I found near the location a few weeks ago. Several distinctive characteristics suggest that…
Borneo red snake or Stolickza’s stream snake, Paraxenodermus borneensis (BOULENGER, 1899) – of Sarawak/Borneo – around 1120m ASL. Paraxenodermus borneensis (Xenodermidae) is a rare, Borneo-endemic snake, originally described as Stoliczkaia borneensis (Boulenger, 1899) and reassigned in 2021—based on morphological and…
Picasso moth, Baorisa hieroglyphica Moore, 1882 – Sarawak / Borneo – around 1100m ASL The Picasso moth (B. hieroglyphica), is a nocturnal lepidopteran of the family Erebidae, first described by Frederic Moore in 1882. With a wingspan of approximately 50…
Rentapia everetti (Boulenger, 1896) (Everett’s Asian tree toad or marbled tree toad) of Sarawak / Borneo – around 950m ASL Rentapia everetti (Boulenger, 1896) is an arboreal toad (family Bufonidae) endemic to northern Borneo, where it occurs in Sarawak, Sabah,…
Scaly-eared Diminutive Leaf-Litter Skink – Tytthoscincus leproauricularis Karin, Das & Bauer, 2016 of Sarawak / Borneo – around 1280m ASL Tytthoscincus leproauricularis Karin, Das & Bauer, 2016 (Scincidae) is a very small leaf litter skink, so far only documented from…
Caterpillar of Demonarosa rufotessellata (Moore, 1879) – Sarawak / Borneo – around 1050m ASL The caterpillar of Demonarosa rufotessellata (Limacodidae) is a non-stinging slug moth larva with a strikingly unusual form. Unlike typical caterpillars, it lacks visible legs or a…
Orthonecroscia cf. keatsooni Seow-Choen, 2016 Sarawak / Borneo around 1300m ASL. Identification is very difficult here, but the species Orthonecroscia keatsooni comes closest to this individual.
Areas galactina trigonalis Moore, 1882 – Sarawak / Borneo – around 1000m ASL Areas galactina (Erebidae: Arctiinae) is represented in Borneo by the subspecies A. g. trigonalis. Records come from montane habitats at about 1200–2000m on Mount Kinabalu and around…
Sabah pit viper, Trimeresurus sabahi Regenass & Kramer, 1981 – of Sarawak / Borneo – around 1300m ASL Trimeresurus sabahi (Sabah pit viper) is a montane pit viper endemic to northern Borneo (Malaysia: Sabah, Sarawak), typically occurring in submontane to…
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,…