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…
Bornean dark-necked slug snake, Asthenodipsas borneensis Quah, Grismer, Lim, Anuar, & Chan, 2020 – of Sarawak/Borneo – around 1020m ASL. Asthenodipsas borneensis is a snail eating snake (Pareidae) described in 2020 following a revision that separated Bornean populations from the…
Acalolepta biocellata Breuning, 1935, of Sarawak/Borneo around 1100m ASL Acalolepta biocellata (Breuning, 1940) is a species of longhorn beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Lamiini). It is currently placed in Acalolepta and was originally described as Dihammus biocellatus Breuning, 1940 from Sumatra. The…
Giant click beetle, Oxynopterus candezei Fleutiaux, 1927, of Sarawak/Borneo around 1000m ASL Oxynopterus candezei is a large, elongate click beetle (Elateridae) from Southeast Asian rainforests, especially Borneo. Males have strongly pectinate antennae, and adults can exceed 60 mm in length.…
Philippine slow lori, Nycticebus menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) of south Sarawak, around 950m ASL. Nycticebus menagensis (Philippine slow loris) is a nocturnal, arboreal strepsirrhine primate of the family Lorisidae, distributed in northern and eastern Borneo and parts of the southern Philippine archipelago.…
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…