25th September 2024
Short-nosed tree frog or Inger’s flying frog – Leptomantis (cf.) gauni (Inger, 1966) of central Sarawak / Borneo – around 1450m ASL
Tag: borneo
25th September 2024
White-spotted cat snake Boiga drapiezii (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827) – from south-Sarawak / Borneo highland around 1100m ASL
24th September 2024
Checkered beetle, Thanasimus sp. (?) (Coleoptera -> Cleridae -> Clerinae) central Sarawak / Borneo (1400m ASL)
21st September 2024
Monkey grasshopper, Erucius sp.(?) of central Sarawak / Borneo (1400m ASL)
12th August 2024
Matsui’s Borneo frog, large-eyed torrent frog or big-eyed torrent frog, Meristogenys macrophthalmus (Matsui, 1986) from Sarawak / Borneo – around 1950m ASL It is not certain which species this animal belongs to. Most likely it is really Meristogenys macrophthalmus, but then…
10th August 2024
Bornean tree hole frog, Metaphrynella sundana (Peters, 1867) of south Sarawak – around 1100m ASL. Metaphrynella sundana is a small frog that is heard very often in the rainforests of Borneo but rarely seen, as the males always sit in…
25th July 2024
Amblyomma is a genus of hard ticks (Ixodidae). It is found worldwide, with most species occurring in the New World. Some species can transmit infectious diseases as a vector, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever to humans and tularaemia, anaplasmosis and…
5th July 2024
Philippine slow lori, Nycticebus menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) of central Sarawak, around 1280m ASL. Right next to a logging road, this Slow Lori climbed through the branches. In the area where I was traveling I was hoping for Nycticebus kayan (Kayan River…
4th July 2024
Termites of the species Longipeditermes longipes (Haviland, 1898) – central Sarawak / Borneo around 300m ASL These termites can be found throughout Sarawak in the lowlands. The soldiers are easy to recognize and can be observed well in the morning…
3rd July 2024
The rock skipper or Sabah splash frog, Staurois latopalmatus (Boulenger, 1887) – of Sarawak / Borneo – around 350m ASL S. latopalmatus is a frog that is difficult to photograph, they sit on stones in rivers with strong currents and…