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…
Calliophis intestinalis (thepassi?) (LAURENTI, 1768) of Sarawak/Borneo around 1050m ASL. Calliophis intestinalis is a highly venomous elapid from Southeast Asia (e.g., Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, Java), mainly nocturnal and partly leaf-litter/ground-dwelling. When threatened it flips to expose its strongly banded…
Asian vine snake – Ahaetulla prasina (Boie, 1827) from Sarawak/Borneo – around 900m ASL Ahaetulla prasina (Colubridae: Ahaetuliinae) is an arboreal, diurnal, opisthoglyphous vine snake that on Borneo is documented from Brunei, East Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak), and Indonesian Kalimantan; its…
Sabah pit viper, Trimeresurus sabahi Regenass & Kramer, 1981 – of Sarawak / Borneo – around 1300m ASL Trimeresurus sabahi (Sabah pit viper) is a montane pit viper endemic to northern Borneo (Malaysia: Sabah, Sarawak), typically occurring in submontane to…
White-spotted cat snake, Boiga drapiezii (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827) – of West-Sarawak/Borneo – around 1250m ASL Boiga drapiezii (white-spotted cat snake) is a slender, arboreal, rear-fanged colubrid distributed across maritime Southeast Asia, including Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Mentawai…
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…
Sabah pit viper, Trimeresurus sabahi Regenass & Kramer, 1981 – of Sarawak / Borneo – around 900m ASL Trimeresurus sabahi (Sabah pit viper) is a montane pit viper endemic to northern Borneo (Malaysia: Sabah, Sarawak), typically occurring in submontane to…
Two-colored dwarf snake or bicoloured reed snake, Calamaria bicolor Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854 of south Sarawak / Borneo – around 900m ASL Calamaria bicolor is a small fossorial snake in the family Colubridae and the subfamily Calamariinae. Adults are…
Great Lakes Bush Viper, Atheris nitschei TORNIER, 1902 of the Rwenzori Mountains / Uganda
Malcolm’s pitviper, Trimeresurus malcolmi Loveridge, 1938 – of Sabah / Borneo Trimeresurus malcolmi is probably considered the ‘holy grail’ among the pit vipers in Borneo, not least because this viper only occurs above 1000m ASL. There are local reports that…