Boulenger’s Asian tree toad Rentapia hosii (Boulenger, 1892) of central Sarawak / Borneo Rentapia hosii are nocturnal and feed on insects, especially ants. They live on land outside the breeding season, usually on trees deep in the rainforest, along small…
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Violin beetle, Mormolyce phyllodes borneensis Gestro, 1875, of central Sarawak / Borneo around 900m ASL
The gracile slender toad, Ansonia teneritas, Waser et al., 2016 – around 1100m ASL The species name teneritas, Latin for ‘tenderness’, refers to the gracile body shape and small body size of this species in comparison to congeners.
Orchid mantis, Hymenopus coronatus (Olivier, 1792), of Sarawak / Borneo around 500m ASL
Pyrops sultanus (Adams & White, 1847) of Sarawak / Borneo
female Bornean Horned Agama Harpesaurus borneensis (MERTENS, 1924) This Harpesaurus borneensis (MERTENS, 1924) is believed to be one of the rarest lizards in Borneo. It’s known only from few individuals that have been found. During the last research expedition I…
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…
Vampire crab, Geosesarma gracillimum (De Man, 1902) – of central Sarawak, 30m ASL
Arachnothelphusa sp. “Baram” of Baram-Area, Sarawak/ Borneo
Western Lowland Bush Frog, Philautus refugii Inger & Stuebing, 1996 central Sarawak, around 900m ASL