Plectostoma everetti (E. A. Smith, 1893) of South-Sarawak Borneo. The specimen in the photo has a shell length of 1.5mm. Plectostoma everetti within the Plectostoma genus of air-breathing land snails in the family Diplommatinidae which is a family of small…
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Stick insect, Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1907 of south Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL.
Male of Zeurrora indica Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]) of the the family Cossidae – south Sarawak / Borneo around 1000m ASL
Giant Huntsman Spider – Heteropoda sp. of south Sarawak. A typical forest floor resident is this Huntsman Spider, it will actually eat anything large or small enough to be overwhelmed, often these are the various species of cockroaches.
Begonia acidulenta S.Julia & Kiew – in situ – central Sarawak / Borneo.
Most likely the Spiny slender toad, Ansonia cf. echinata, Inger and Stuebing, 2009 – around 140m ASL. This species is from a different locality than the holotype of Ansonia echinata – if these animals are truly Ansonia echinata and not…
Undescribed stream toad of the Ansonia Genus, Ansonia spec., Sarawak / Borneo 100m ASL It could be that this is the rare and legendary Ansonia albomaculata Inger, 1960 – further DNA studies will solve this. There are several photos of…
Dragon Milliped, of the Paradoxosomatidae family, probably Desmoxytes sp. – south Sarawak / Borneo – around 1200m ASL
Giant green Huntsman Spider or Lichen Huntsman Spider – Heteropoda boiei (Doleschall, 1859) of central Sarawak. Heteropoda boiei is probably one of the most beautiful Huntsman Spiders in Sarawak, often found waiting for prey on trees where it is very…
Ariophantid Snail, Vitrinula glutinosa (Metcalfe, 1852) of Central-Sarawak / Borneo Vitrinula glutinosa was described as Helix glutinosa in 1852 by William Metcalfe, who had received the snail shells in November 1850 from the British geologist William John Hamilton. Clearly visible…