12th February 2026
Sabah pit viper, Trimeresurus sabahi Regenass & Kramer, 1981 – of Kalimantan Barat / Borneo – around 700m ASL
Tag: Reptilia
10th February 2026
Sumatran pitviper, Trimeresurus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822), Sarawak / Borneo 1100m ASL Borneo populations of Trimeresurus sumatranus are documented from Kalimantan and the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak; the species is also recorded from Sumatra and parts of Peninsular Malaysia…
20th December 2025
Xenodermine Snake, Java Tubercle Snak or Dragon snake, Xenodermus javanicus REINHARDT, 1836 – of Borneo – around 400m ASL Xenodermus javanicus belongs to the family Xenodermidae and is the type species of the genus Xenodermus (and thus also the type…
13th December 2025
Common mock viper, Psammodynastes pulverulentus (F. Boie, 1827) of Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL. Psammodynastes pulverulentus (Boie, 1827) is a small snake species found in Southeast Asia, including Borneo (Kalimantan, Sabah and Sarawak). It’s often found in leaf litter…
2nd December 2025
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…
1st December 2025
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…
1st December 2025
Juvenile Kuhl’s flying gecko or the common flying gecko – Gekko kuhli (Stejneger, 1902) of Sarawak / Borneo around 250m ASL. Gekko kuhli (Stejneger, 1902) is a species of gecko (family Gekkonidae). In the literature, it has appeared as Ptychozoon kuhli…
28th November 2025
White-spotted cat snake, Boiga drapiezii (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827) of south-Sarawak / Borneo highland around 1050m ASL. Boiga drapiezii (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827) is an opisthoglyphous (rear-fanged), egg-laying snake from the Colubridae family; its type locality…
27th November 2025
Asian vine snake, Ahaetulla prasina (Boie, 1827) from Sarawak/Borneo – around 1050m ASL Ahaetulla prasina (Boie, 1827) is a rear-fanged snake from the Colubridae family and is widespread throughout much of Southeast Asia; in Borneo, it has been documented in…
26th November 2025
Striped bronzeback, Dendrelaphis caudolineatus (Günther, 1858) of Sabah / Borneo around 200m ASL. Dendrelaphis caudolineatus (Gray, 1834) is a snake from the Colubridae family; the species is listed in the Ahaetuliinae subfamily. It is widespread in Southeast Asia; it is…