7th December 2024
A new species of sticky frog, Kalophrynus sp. “new” Borneo It is not often that you find an animal of which you immediately know ‘this is a new species’. But every now and then luck favours you and all the…
Tag: borneo
19th November 2024
Arachnothelphusa cf. merarapensis from central Sarawak / Borneo – around 1600m ASL We already knew from the crab genus Arachnothelphusa that they must have a direct development. This in-situ photo now clearly shows for the first time that this is…
18th November 2024
Malcolm’s pitviper, Trimeresurus malcolmi Loveridge, 1938 – of Sabah / Borneo Trimeresurus malcolmi is probably considered the ‘holy grail’ among the pit vipers in Borneo, not least because this viper only occurs above 1000m ASL. There are local reports that…
15th November 2024
Long-tailed macaque, Macaca fascicularis Raffles, 1821 from Sabah / Borneo – Kinabatangan. Anyone of us who has ever been to Borneo has seen the long-tailed macaques more than once. In some national parks, they are even animals you don’t want…
14th November 2024
Kobayashi’s horned frog, Pelobatrachus kobayashii Malkmus and Matsui, 1997 from Sabah / Borneo. A few years ago, I had the chance to photograph the rare Pelobatrachus kobayashii. Nevertheless, I wanted to find and photograph this very impressive and very large…
10th November 2024
Kinabalu sticky frog, Kalophrynus baluensis Kiew, 1984 – of Sabah / Borneo Kalophrynus baluensis Kiew 1984 is a microhylid frog endemic to the upper slopes of Mount Kinabalu in Sabah Borneo where it inhabits primary montane forest between roughly 1400…
10th November 2024
Stork-billed kingfisher – Pelargopsis capensis (Linnaeus, 1766) – P. c. innominata (van Oort, 1910) – of Borneo (200m ASL) Pelargopsis capensis is a large tree kingfisher of the family Alcedinidae that is widely but patchily distributed from the Indian subcontinent…
10th November 2024
Rhinoceros hornbill – Buceros rhinoceros Linnaeus, 1758 (B. r. borneoensis Schlegel & Müller, S, 1845) – of Borneo (300m ASL) Buceros rhinoceros Linnaeus 1758, the rhinoceros hornbill, is a large canopy dwelling hornbill of the Sundaic region where it inhabits…
8th November 2024
A visit to the Kundasang Market in Sabah at Mount Kinabalu. Kundasang Market is the everyday fresh-produce market of Kundasang, a highland town in Ranau District, Sabah, a few kilometres from Kinabalu National Park. Stalls line the main road through…
4th November 2024
Wrinkled hornbill or Sunda wrinkled hornbill – Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus (Temminck, 1832) – of Borneo (100m ASL) Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus, the wrinkled hornbill, is a canopy frugivore of the Sunda region, occurring in southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and nearby islands,…