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…
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…
Kinabalu mountain banana, Musa monticola M.Hotta ex Argent – of Sabah/Borneo – around 1620m ASL. Musa monticola is a wild banana endemic to the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo, where it is confined to montane habitats around Mount Kinabalu…
Borneo skink or striped tree skink, Dasia vittata (Edeling, 1865) – of Borneo Dasia vittata is an arboreal oviparous skink endemic to the island of Borneo, occurring in Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It is most often seen on trunks and…
A new species of sticky frog, Kalophrynus sp. “new” Borneo It is not often that you find an animal of which you immediately know ‘this is a new species’. But every now and then luck favours you and all the…
Penrissen dwarf toad, Pelophryne penrissenensis Das, 2008 of Sarawak / Borneo, 2105m ASL
The endemic Thomas’s flying squirrel, Aeromys thomasi (Hose, 1900) of central Sarawak, around 1200m ASL. Locally, Aeromys thomasi can be very common, in some areas even more common than the red giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista). The Thomas’s flying squirrel…
Horsfield’s Flying Gecko or Horsfield’s Parachute Gecko, Gekko horsfieldii (GRAY, 1827) of Sarawak / Borneo around 1160m ASL. Gekko horsfeldii was long classified as Ptychozoon horsfeldii (Ptychozoon (= “folded animal”)). They are characterized by their gliding ability. Flying geckos live…
Northwest Bornean orang-utan, Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760), is one of the three sup-species of Pongo pygmaeus in Borneo. When you think of Borneo’s wildlife, the orang utan will come to your mind almost immediately. I’ve seen these forest people,…
Murud black slender toad or widow slender toad, Ansonia vidua, Hertwig, Min, Haas & Das, 2014 – 2130m ASL. The specific name vidua is Latin for “widow” and refers to the uniform brownish-black colouration of this species, much like what…