Borneo groundsnake or Borneo Frog-eating Snake, Stegonotus borneensis INGER, 1967 – from south Sarawak / Borneo These individuals are dividing the herpetological community. Some say it is a juvenile Stegonotus borneensis, while others believe it is a Lycodon species. It…
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Penrissen dwarf toad, Pelophryne penrissenensis Das, 2008 of Sarawak / Borneo, 2105m ASL
Short-nosed tree frog or Inger’s flying frog – Leptomantis (cf.) gauni (Inger, 1966) of central Sarawak / Borneo – around 1450m ASL
White-spotted cat snake Boiga drapiezii (H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827) – from south-Sarawak / Borneo highland around 1100m ASL
Checkered beetle, Thanasimus sp. (?) (Coleoptera -> Cleridae -> Clerinae) central Sarawak / Borneo (1400m ASL)
Monkey grasshopper, Erucius sp.(?) of central Sarawak / Borneo (1400m ASL)
Matsui’s Borneo frog, large-eyed torrent frog or big-eyed torrent frog, Meristogenys macrophthalmus (Matsui, 1986) from Sarawak / Borneo – around 1950m ASL It is not certain which species this animal belongs to. Most likely it is really Meristogenys macrophthalmus, but then…
Amblyomma is a genus of hard ticks (Ixodidae). It is found worldwide, with most species occurring in the New World. Some species can transmit infectious diseases as a vector, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever to humans and tularaemia, anaplasmosis and…
Termites of the species Longipeditermes longipes (Haviland, 1898) – central Sarawak / Borneo around 300m ASL These termites can be found throughout Sarawak in the lowlands. The soldiers are easy to recognize and can be observed well in the morning…
The rock skipper or Sabah splash frog, Staurois latopalmatus (Boulenger, 1887) – of Sarawak / Borneo – around 350m ASL S. latopalmatus is a frog that is difficult to photograph, they sit on stones in rivers with strong currents and…