Crested serpent eagle, Spilornis cheela (Latham, 1790) of Borneo. Spilornis cheela (English: Crested Serpent Eagle) is a bird of prey from the Accipitridae family and is classified within the serpent eagles (Circaetinae). The species is recorded on Borneo according to IOC-based…
This species could be Pelophryne murudensis Das, 2008 from a new location. Due to a lack of DNA evidence, I am provisionally listing this animal as Pelophryne cf. murudensis. I found the individual at approximately 1800 metres above sea level.…
Male of Orthonecroscia pulcherrima Kirby, 1904 – of Sarawak / Borneo – around 1000m ASL Orthonecroscia pulcherrima is a species of stick insect (order Phasmida) from the Borneo region and is classified in the Phasmida Species File in the family…
Morphna maculata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 of Sarawak / Borneo – around 900m ASL Morphna maculata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865) is a species of cockroach (Blattodea) from the family Blaberidae. The species was originally described as Epilampra maculata; the genus…
Beccari’s bulbophyllum, Bulbophyllum beccarii Rchb.f. – of Sarawak/Borneo – around 220m ASL. From a botanical perspective, Bulbophyllum beccarii is an orchid species (family Orchidaceae) native to Borneo, which was first scientifically described in 1879 by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach filius. The…
Rhaphidophora tenuis – of Kalimantan/Borneo – around 1000m ASL. In taxonomic literature, R. tenuis was at times treated as a synonym of Rhaphidophora korthalsii; in 2006, Peter C. Boyce reclassified the species as a separate clade and stated that it…
Tree-Snail of the Amphidromus (Linnaeus, 1758) genus from Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL. The genus name is derived from the ancient Greek words amphí (‘on both sides’) and drómos (‘running’) and refers to the unusual occurrence of both right-…
Wallace’s flying frog, Rhacophorus nigropalmatus Boulenger, 1895 Rhacophorus nigropalmatus (Rhacophoridae) is a tree-dwelling ‘flying/gliding frog’. The type locality of the species is the Akar River in Sarawak. The genus name Rhacophorus is etymologically derived from the Greek rhakos (‘flap, shred’)…
White-bellied Rat Snake, Ptyas fusca (Günther, 1858) of Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL. Ptyas fusca (Günther, 1858) is a species of colubrid snake (Colubridae) that was originally described as Coryphodon fuscus; Borneo is given as the type locality. In…
Common mock viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus (F. Boie, 1827) of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL. Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827) is a rear-fanged snake from the superfamily Elapoidea, widespread in South and Southeast Asia; based on phylogenomic data, the genus…