Common mock viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus (F. Boie, 1827) – of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL. Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827) is a small snake species distributed in Southeast Asia and recorded on Borneo (Kalimantan, Sabah and Sarawak). On Borneo…
Feather-legged assassin bug – Ptilocerus sp. from the Holoptilinae subfamily (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) – lowland of central Sarawak, around 400m ASL. Ptilocerus venosus (Walker, 1873) (?) Little is known about this genus, some species within Ptilocerus produce a secretion in…
Ground beetle from the family Carabidae, most probably from the genus Catascopus of south Sarawak / Borneo around 200m ASL.
Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) its also called the green-spotted triangle, tailed green jay, or green triangle. central Sarawak / Borneo around 200m ASL
Cerambycidae – Longhorn beetle, Batocera thomsonii Javet, 1858, of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL
Talthybia sp.(?) with a Nematomorpha (sometimes called Gordiacea , and commonly known as horsehair worms) parasite – lowland in central Sarawak/Borneo Adult Nematomorpha parasites only leave their hosts to reproduce and do not consume food in this adult stage. Shortly…
Stag beetle, Cyclommatus giraffa Mollenkamp, 1904, of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL
White-eared Tree Frog – Feihyla kajau (Dring, 1984)
Sumatran pitviper, Trimeresurus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822), Central-Sarawak / Borneo 400m ASL
Mallinella myrmecophaga Koh & Dankittipakul, 2014 – of the lowland in Sarawak/Borneo In the rainforest of Borneo, there are many strategies for animals to survive and hunt. One popular strategy is mimicry, an adaptation that serves to deceive or protect…