Bornean Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron schleiermacheri), family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, Borneo

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Henrick Tan

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Kinabalu Krait (Bungarus flaviceps baluensis), family Elapidae, Sabah, Borneo

Venomous.

photograph by James Jolokia

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Trilobite Beetle (Platerodrilus svetae), female, family Lycidae, Kinabalu park, Sabah, Borneo

photograph by James Jolokia

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Borneo Short-tailed Python (Python breitensteini), family Pythonidae, endemic to Borneo

photograph by Thomas Ryan Harper

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fastman27 asked:

Do you perhaps have any pictures of the Friendly Bush Warbler?

I knew the bush warblers as a group, but I had never heard of this species… I thought you were asking for a bush warbler, that is friendly :3

There are not a lot of clear images of this bird, apparently they can be somewhat secretive? Or perhaps not many people make it to Borneo to photograph this bird.

Friendly Bush Warbler (Locustella accentor), family Locustellidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Borneo

Some of the birds in this family were once placed in the “old world warbler” family, Sylviidae, such as the Bush Warblers.

photographs by Max Prince & James Eaton

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Black-crowned Pitta (Erythropitta ussheri), family Pittidae, order Passeriformes, Sabah, Borneo

photograph by Pary Sivaraman

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Malcolm’s Pit Viper (Trimeresurus malcolmi), family Viperidae, Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo

Venomous.

photographs by Rupert GL

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Storm’s Stork (Ciconia stormi), family Ciconiidae, order Ciconiiformes, Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Borneo

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Norhafiani A Majid

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Crimson-winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus), family Picidae, order Piciformes, Sabah, Borneo

photograph by David Chin

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Bornean Chorus Frog – Life in the Pitcher

The dark, wet rainforests of Borneo provide the perfect habitat for amphibians. The problem for an amphibian fanatic and photographer like me is finding them in these huge, dense jungles. The search becomes even more difficult when the frog that you are looking for is one of the smallest frogs on the planet – The Bornean Chorus Frog (Microhyla nepenthicola), or Bornean Narrow-mouthed Frog.

While this species of chorus frog is attractive, if you like that sort of thing, you might wonder why I had a particular interest in seeing it.
What is special about a little brown frog?

Well, this little brown frog has a secret lifestyle. If you are going to be tiny, soft and potentially a tasty meal for just about everything in the jungle then you had better have some tricks to keep your species alive. Nepenthicola’s trick is its breeding habit. Rather than risking the hazards of the big pond, nepenthicola has learned to utilize the tiny pools that form in a pitcher plant with which it shares its name – Flask-shaped Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes ampullaria)...

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Herps and Birds (and More) (Posts tagged borneo)

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Bornean Chorus Frog – Life in the Pitcher