A Great Giant Red Leech

Kinabalu giant red leech
Mimobdella buettikoferi

This giant red leech is endemic to Mt Kinabalu.
The leech doesn't suck any blood but it feeds only on worms that also known as Kinabalu giant earthworm.
It can be found around 1500m - 3000m above. It is easy to seen during rainy days.

Amphibia

Ansonia fuliginea
No common name:?
Endemic to Mt.Kinabalu

This wonderfull toad appear when it is rain at above layang-layang hut.
It can be found from lower montane forest ( 1500m ) up to upper montane forest (2000m above).





Pelophryne misera
No common name:?
Endemic to Mt. Kinabalu.
This frog also can be found at Mempening shelter ( 2000m above - Villosa shelter 3000m above).
The frog looks like walking rather than hooping or it just my imagination. The frog move slow from place to place. We should keep sense on the ground if we want to seek this.

A house gecko

House Gecko

A large,rough house gecko. Its diet comprises small insects. Not much known biology about this gecko.In time i will update about this gecko.For whom that know better about this gecko,please comment it.And thanks for helping me..

Wagler's Pit Viper

Wagler's Pit Viper
Tropidolaemus wagleri.

A snake that should have to be conserve. This juvenile doesn't attack human if it's not disturbed. Locals kill this snake recently at Tikolod village. It can be found recently around 1 feet to 6 feet high from the ground. It hanging on rubber tree according to the village.

Touch Me NOT!

Malayan Striped Coral Snake
Calliophis istestinalis

17 Mac 2009 Tuesday.
Nightwalk activity at Kinabalu park.
Liwagu restaurant to uphill Timpohon.

Me and Josely do a nightwalk.
we found and taught the snake was a calamaria sp.But were we wrong when we try to look very close.Before we try to get rid the snake from the wet drain. It suprise us with a warning display.

A small but deadly species of elapid.
In Malay name of ular tali kasut or " shoelace snake" and it is regarded as dangerous.
In Dusun Timbalik - balik refers to the behaviour of the snake. When threatned or disturb,it will flatten the body and raise the tail to show the bright red underside. Human fatalities remain known.

Lizard

A Spiny-headed Shrub Lizard.
Phoxophrys spiniceps.

This beautiful creature were gripping on tree.

Today on 30 Jun 2009 Tuesday, me and Sophiana,one of my collegue were doing a short walk at Kinabalu Park on Bundu Tuhan View Trail.
We both spot on one tree that has a beautiful fungi. In suddenly without any awareness before touching the tree. Something crawling upsideward. Then we both suprise it is the Spiny headed shrub lizard. WHoaaaaa!!!!
It looks a little bit curious when we try to take photos on it. Hope got a another chance to search another wildlife in an open place such as Kinabalu Park.

Short Python At Poring Hot Spring

I'ts me that who handled the short python. This constricter snake even it's short but still has a powerfull muscle.
It's not that venomous but also have to becarefull
cause it likes to strike.

A beautiful reptiles can be seen at Kinabalu Park.

Green Pit Viper
Popeia sabahi

This is one of my favourite snake. The colour are in pure green.The triangular shape head make us to warn that this creature a venomous as the family of Viperidae.
This snake might makes people confuse between the vine snake ( Ahaetulla prasina).The difference is the head,triangular shape and narrow shape.
This snake have to be handled to professional.

Kinabalu Brown Pit Viper.
Garthius chaseni


A venomous snake that should be handled by professional.
Beware when you're entering Kinabalu park trails.
It's really hard to spot it at night and daylight.
Watch where you step of.