Morphna maculata Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865 of Sarawak / Borneo – around 900m ASL Morphna maculata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1865) is a species of cockroach (Blattodea) from the family Blaberidae. The species was originally described as Epilampra maculata; the genus…
Beccari’s bulbophyllum, Bulbophyllum beccarii Rchb.f. – of Sarawak/Borneo – around 220m ASL. From a botanical perspective, Bulbophyllum beccarii is an orchid species (family Orchidaceae) native to Borneo, which was first scientifically described in 1879 by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach filius. The…
Rhaphidophora tenuis – of Kalimantan/Borneo – around 1000m ASL. In taxonomic literature, R. tenuis was at times treated as a synonym of Rhaphidophora korthalsii; in 2006, Peter C. Boyce reclassified the species as a separate clade and stated that it…
Tree-Snail of the Amphidromus (Linnaeus, 1758) genus from Sarawak / Borneo around 1100m ASL. The genus name is derived from the ancient Greek words amphí (‘on both sides’) and drómos (‘running’) and refers to the unusual occurrence of both right-…
Wallace’s flying frog, Rhacophorus nigropalmatus Boulenger, 1895 Rhacophorus nigropalmatus (Rhacophoridae) is a tree-dwelling ‘flying/gliding frog’. The type locality of the species is the Akar River in Sarawak. The genus name Rhacophorus is etymologically derived from the Greek rhakos (‘flap, shred’)…
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…
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…
Juvenile Kuhl’s flying gecko or the common flying gecko – Gekko kuhli (Stejneger, 1902) of Sarawak / Borneo around 250m ASL. Gekko kuhli (Stejneger, 1902) is a species of gecko (family Gekkonidae). In the literature, it has appeared as Ptychozoon kuhli…
Juveniles of Rentapia everetti (Boulenger, 1896) (Everett’s Asian tree toad or marbled tree toad) of Sarawak / Borneo – around 950m ASL The species Rentapia everetti is not easy to observe: as a predominantly arboreal tree frog, it usually stays…
Termites of the Macrotermes genus – central Sarawak / Borneo around 500m ASL Macrotermes is a genus of so-called fungus-growing termites (Macrotermitinae). These animals live in large colonies with a strict division of labor, consisting of a queen and king…