A visit to the Kundasang Market in Sabah at Mount Kinabalu. Kundasang Market is the everyday fresh-produce market of Kundasang, a highland town in Ranau District, Sabah, a few kilometres from Kinabalu National Park. Stalls line the main road through…
Wrinkled hornbill or Sunda wrinkled hornbill – Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus (Temminck, 1832) – of Borneo (100m ASL) Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus, the wrinkled hornbill, is a canopy frugivore of the Sunda region, occurring in southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and nearby islands,…
Borneo elephant or the Borneo pygmy elephant, Elephas maximus borneensis Deraniyagala, 1950 Sabah/Borneo. Elephas maximus borneensis is the Bornean elephant, a subspecies of the Asian elephant restricted to north eastern Borneo, with most herds in Sabah and a small population in…
Crested serpent eagle, Spilornis cheela (Latham, 1790) of Borneo. The Crested Serpent Eagle is a medium sized raptor of tropical Asia that favors forests and edges and is often seen soaring above the canopy; adults are dark brown with a small…
Juvenile 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;…
Rhinoceros hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758 (B. r. borneoensis Schlegel & Müller, S, 1845) – of Borneo (300m ASL) Buceros rhinoceros Linnaeus 1758, the rhinoceros hornbill, is a large canopy dwelling hornbill of the Sundaic region where it inhabits…
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…
Male of the black hornbill – Anthracoceros malayanus (Raffles, 1822) – of Borneo (400m ASL) Anthracoceros malayanus is a Sundaic lowland hornbill of the family Bucerotidae that occurs from southern Thailand through Peninsular Malaysia Sumatra and Borneo where it inhabits…
Banded flower mantis, Theopropus elegans Westwood, 1832 of south Sabah / Borneo Theopropus elegans Westwood 1832, the banded flower mantis, is the type species of the Asian genus Theopropus in the family Hymenopodidae. It is widely distributed in Southeast Asia,…
Hammerhead-Worm, probably Umbotectum boehmigi genus of the Geoplanidae Stimpson, 1857 family. Found in Sabah / Danum Valley / Borneo.