12th February 2026
Sabah pit viper, Trimeresurus sabahi Regenass & Kramer, 1981 – of Kalimantan Barat / Borneo – around 700m ASL
Tag: Squamata
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…
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…
9th September 2025
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…
6th September 2025
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…
6th September 2025
Sabah pit viper, Trimeresurus sabahi Regenass & Kramer, 1981 – of Sarawak / Borneo – around 900m ASL This specimen could be the same individual that I found near the location a few weeks ago. Several distinctive characteristics suggest that…
5th September 2025
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…