Research note: wildlife encounters at the SAFE project on Borneo
Timm returns to Borneo
On a recent return to Sabah, Ecosystem Change Ecology team member Timm Döbert was fortunate to expand his portfolio of Bornean wildlife sightings. Ever since his PhD with the team based at the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) project, Timm has been fascinated with capturing the magnificent wildlife in this biodiversity hotspot on film and in still image. To add to his wildlife encounters, he spent many nights in search of nocturnal animals, equipped with a camera and a set of torches. Here Timm shares a small selection of what has become an impressive collection of close-encounter wildlife images.
- Wagler’s pit viper (Tropidolaemus wagleri)
- Malay civet (Viverra tangalunga)
- Mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila)
- Mouse deer (Tragulus sp)
- Bornean slow loris (Nycticebus menagensis)
- Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys)
- Pigmy elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis)
- Wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)
- Clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
- Banded linsang (Prionodon linsang)
- Black and yellow broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus)
- Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis)
- Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
- Malayan colugo (Galeopterus variegatus)
- Borneo forest dragon (Gonocephalus bornensis)
- Collett’s tree frog (Polypedates colletti)
- Malayan porcupine (Hystrix brachyura)
- Lantern bug (Pyrops sidereus)
- Orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus)
- Common palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)
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