Dragon Head Katydid Lesina blanchardi (Brongniart, 1890) the former Ellatodon blanchardi from Sarawak / Borneo Lesina blanchardi (Brongniart, 1890) is an exceptionally large-looking leafhopper from the Tettigoniidae family (long-horned grasshoppers), which is often referred to as the ‘dragon-headed katydid’ in…
Asian water monitor – Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) of Sabah / Borneo. Varanus salvator is a large semi aquatic monitor lizard native to South and Southeast Asia where it frequents rivers wetlands mangroves and even urban waterways and is among…
Philippine slow lori, Nycticebus menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) of Borneo, around 800m ASL. Nycticebus menagensis (Philippine slow loris) is a nocturnal, arboreal strepsirrhine primate of the family Lorisidae, distributed in northern and eastern Borneo and parts of the southern Philippine archipelago.…
Stag Beetle, Dorcus mirabilis (Parry, 1864) – of Sarawak / Borneo around 1060m ASL Adults primarily take liquid carbohydrates, typically tree sap and other sugary exudates, and are most active from dusk through the night; they are often encountered at…
Smooth Slug Snake, Asthenodipsas laevis (BOIE, 1827) – of Sarawak/Borneo – around 1020m ASL. Asthenodipsas laevis (Boie, 1827) is a small, slender pareid snake (Pareidae) endemic to Sundaland and adjacent mainland margins; within Asthenodipsas it belongs to the A. malaccana…
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…
Giant click beetle, Oxynopterus candezei Fleutiaux, 1927, of Sarawak/Borneo around 1000m ASL Oxynopterus candezei is a large, elongate click beetle (Elateridae) from Southeast Asian rainforests, especially Borneo. Males have strongly pectinate antennae, and adults can exceed 60 mm in length.…
Philippine slow lori, Nycticebus menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) of south Sarawak, around 950m ASL. Nycticebus menagensis (Philippine slow loris) is a nocturnal, arboreal strepsirrhine primate of the family Lorisidae, distributed in northern and eastern Borneo and parts of the southern Philippine archipelago.…
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…