Thursday 9 May 2024

Back to Sabah (March 2024) - part 1

 Visiting northern Borneo in hot and dry inter-monsoon season



Spider hunter

Rafflesia keithii

Begonia sp.

The long-nosed horned frog (Pelobatrachus nasutus), also known as the Malayan horned frog 


Begonia sp. from karst region


Giant squirrel (Ratufa affinis)





Begonia erythrogyna "dark form" from Sabah.

Bucephalandra sp.





Gamogyne burbidgei (formerly called Piptospatha burbidgei) 


Saturday 6 April 2024

Back to northern & eastern Peninsular Malaysia (March 2024) - part 1

 So many interesting flora & fauna to photograph in north & east side of Peninsular Malaysia.


Begonia sp. "Jeli". Probably new species of Begonia from east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Begonia sp. "Jeli". Probably new species of Begonia from east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Begonia sp. "Jeli". Probably new species of Begonia from east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Begonia sp. "Jeli". 

Begonia sp. "Jeli". 

Begonia sp. "Jeli" in situ.

Begonia sp. "Jeli". 


Begonia kingiana


Dusky leaf Monkey/Spectacled Langur (Trachypithecus obscurus)


Begonia nurii


Wild ginger




Geosesarma sp. Probably new vampire crab from east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.

Nepenthes benstonei

Begonia ignorata


Wild balsam (Impatiens opinata) 





Dusky leaf Monkey/Spectacled Langur (Trachypithecus obscurus)


Begonia kingiana

Impatiens glaricola from east coast of Peninsular Malaysia.


Female Malaysian butterfly lizard (Leiolepis belliana)








Dusky leaf Monkey/Spectacled Langur (Trachypithecus obscurus)


The skull of Sumatran serow (Capricornis sumatraensis sumatraensis)

skink



Cryptocoryne cordata var. cordata



A variety of Nepenthes sanguinea


Dusky leaf Monkey/Spectacled Langur (Trachypithecus obscurus)


Begonia sp. "Jeli". 

Male Malaysian butterfly lizard (Leiolepis belliana)