Whip-Scorpion, Thelyphonus borneensis Kraepelin, 1897 – of Sarawak / Borneo Have a look at this in situ shot of Thelyphonus borneensis, whip scorpions or vinegaroons are members of the Uropygi order and the foreplay is not that easy like in the…
Miss North’s pitcher-plant Nepenthes northiana Hook.f. (1881) from Sarawak / Borneo A special plant that is threatened by habitat loss but the main reason is because people collecting them, just to have them at home. Nepenthes northiana Hook.f. lives as…
Everett’s Asian tree toad or marbled tree toad Rentapia everetti (Boulenger, 1896) from Sarawak / Borneo – around 950m ASL.
Borneo besitzt riesige Höhlensysteme, zu nennen sind hier vor allem die gigantischen Höhlen im Mulu Nationalpark. Aber auch in anderen Teilen von Sarawak lassen sich Höhlen entdecken, diese sind weitaus weniger bis gar nicht touristisch. Einige dieser Höhlen kennen oft…
Moss mantis, Haania sp. from Sarawak / Borneo around 800m ASL
Orchids are omnipresent in whole Borneo and can be found everywhere from the coastal shorelines to the elevated mountain tops in the hinterland. The orchid Plocoglottis plicata (Roxb.) is very common in certain areas and one of my favorite terrestrial…
Aroid, Podolasia spinosa of Sarawak / Borneo, around 120m ASL
Orange huntsman spider with egg-sack, Heteropoda sp. of south Sarawak / Borneo
Update: recent research shows that this is the new described Ansonia kanak Matsui, Nishikawa, Eto & Hossman, 2020 Undescribed stream toad of the Ansonia Genus, Ansonia spec., East-Sabah / Borneo 500m ASL
Reinwardts Pitcher Plant, Nepenthes reinwardtiana, of Central Sarawak / Borneo around 1500m ASL Nepenthes reinwardtiana is a widespread pitcher plant in Sarawak / Borneo, but only in few remote places in a high altitude you can find this “giant morph”.