12th February 2026
Sabah pit viper, Trimeresurus sabahi Regenass & Kramer, 1981 – of Kalimantan Barat / Borneo – around 700m ASL
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12th February 2026
Mallinella spec. or Mallinella cf. myrmecophaga Koh & Dankittipakul, 2014 – of Sarawak/Borneo – around 20m ASL The spider genus Mallinella (Araneae: Zodariidae) was established in 1906 by Embrik Strand; Mallinella maculata is the type species. There are several published…
12th February 2026
Malaysian flying frog or red-legged frog, Leptomantis rufipes (Inger, 1966) of Sarawak / Borneo around 1300m ASL Leptomantis rufipes is a species of frog (Anura) in the family Rhacophoridae and was originally described as Rhacophorus rufipes; the holotype is FMNH147699,…
11th February 2026
Female of Tympanophyllum atroterminatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) of south Sarawak / Borneo The species Tympanophyllum atroterminatum belongs to the family of the Tettigoniidae, subfamily Pseudophyllinae, tribe Phyllomimini. It was originally described by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1895 as…
11th February 2026
Balanophora sp. is a parasitic flowering plant of the Balanophoraceae family – of Kalimantan/Borneo – around 900m ASL. Balanophora is a genus of fully parasitic flowering plants (family Balanophoraceae, order Santalales) whose range includes parts of Southeast Asia, including Borneo. The…
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…
8th February 2026
Adult katydid that has not yet been identified, Scambophyllum sp. – Borneo/Sarawak 1200m ASL The genus Scambophyllum belongs to the bush crickets (katydids) and is listed in the Orthoptera Species File within the Phaneropterinae (tribus Scambophyllini). It was established by Carl Brunner…
7th February 2026
Giant orange Huntsman Spider – Heteropoda borneensis (Thorell, 1890) of south Sarawak / Borneo. Heteropoda borneensis (Thorell, 1890) is a giant huntsman spider (family Sparassidae) from the genus Heteropoda. The species was originally described as Urgulania borneensis and later listed…
5th February 2026
Swarm of giant stinging ants, Leptogenys chalybaea (Emery, 1887) with a millipede prey (Acanthodesmus sp.) – Sarawak / Borneo – around 1050m ASL Leptogenys chalybaea is an ant species in the subfamily Ponerinae (Formicidae). It was first described in 1887;…
21st December 2025
Sunda leopard cat – Prionailurus javanensis sumatranus (Horsfield, 1821) – of Borneo. Prionailurus javanensis sumatranus is a taxonomically recognized subspecies of the Sunda leopard cat (Prionailurus javanensis). In the revised felid taxonomy, two subspecies are distinguished: P. j. javanensis (Java…