25th September 2024
Short-nosed tree frog or Inger’s flying frog – Leptomantis (cf.) gauni (Inger, 1966) of central Sarawak / Borneo – around 1450m ASL
Tag: central Sarawak
10th August 2024
Bornean tree hole frog, Metaphrynella sundana (Peters, 1867) of south Sarawak – around 1100m ASL. Metaphrynella sundana is a small frog that is heard very often in the rainforests of Borneo but rarely seen, as the males always sit in…
11th July 2024
Deflorita integra Ingrisch, 1998 of central Sarawak / Borneo – 1300m ASL
5th July 2024
Philippine slow lori, Nycticebus menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) of central Sarawak, around 1280m ASL. Right next to a logging road, this Slow Lori climbed through the branches. In the area where I was traveling I was hoping for Nycticebus kayan (Kayan River…
1st July 2024
A male of the Fringed Flying Dragon, Draco fimbriatus KUHL, 1820 of central Sarawak / Borneo – around 1200m ASL This draco was high up in the tree, which is why it is difficult to identify it precisely. Normally I…
1st January 2024
Cat gecko – Aeluroscalabotes felinus Günther, 1864 – of south Sarawak / Borneo – around 200m ASL Aeluroscalabotes felinus Günther, 1864 is named after its habit of curling its tail like a cat when resting. These geckos are very common…
20th December 2023
Sathrophylliopsis longepilosa (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) of Sarawak / Borneo, around 900m ASL.
8th December 2023
Tympanophyllum atroterminatum (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895) of south Sabah / Borneo
24th January 2023
Systella platyptera Haan, 1842 of south Sarawak / Borneo A great example of camouflaged insects is Systella platyptera an Asian species of grasshoppers in the family Trigonopterygidae. Three species of Systella are found in Sarawak / Borneo: Systella sarawakensis Willemse,…
7th January 2023
This Borneo moth is infected by a Cordyceps fungus, probably Cordyceps tuberculata(?). The parasitic fungi grow through the host and first form a subiculum, from which aggregate fruiting bodies, so-called stromata, then grow. All Cordyceps species are parasitic on arthropods…