Tuesday 22 October 2019

Mini Cryptocoryne striolata from Kerangas forest of Sarawak

Due to lack of nutrients in that blackwater stream, all Cryptocoryne striolata here are super mini sized. Around 6cm in diameter!









Cryptocoryne keei (dry season 2019)

Cryptocoryne keei is usually flowering during the dry season. It is usually growing in upper part of Sungai Sarawak.


The spathe of Cryptocoryne keei







Cryptocoryne xbatangkayensis (dry season 2019)

Cryptocoryne xbatangkayensis is a natural hybrid of aquatic aroid from Kayan river near Lundu, Sarawak.









Cryptocoryne sp. "Lundu" (dry season 2019)

Cryptocoryne sp. "Lundu" is most likely is Cryptocoryne pallinidervia.








Tuesday 8 October 2019

Fauna from central Sarawak (July 2019)

Probably new species of Gastromyzon

Staurois latopalmatus


Rasbora sp.



Gastromyzon megalepis


Gastromyzon megalepis

Barbodes kuchingensis 




Channa lucius


Gastromyzon megalepis



Staurois latopalmatus








Tor douronensis





Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala)

Bat hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus) 

Trogon


Jungle crow

Rufous piculet (Sasia abnormis), one of the smallest woodpeckers is resting inside its bamboo nest in Sarawak.