climbing limestone hills in Padawan of Sarawak (April 2023)

Wild ginger

Magnolia sp.???

Corybas orchid

Begonia punchak "silver form"

Paedocypris micromegethes from Sarawak

Cryptocoryne xbatangkayanensis from Sarawak

Cryptocoryne pallinidervia "maroon red" from Sarawak

Earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis) from Sarawak

After 10 years of searching, I finally met earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis) in a stream of my homeland.

Earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis)

Earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis)

Earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis)

Earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis)

The earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis) gave me a "love bite" when I want to put it on the rock for photography. I was shocked that it is rolling the body, same behavior like crocodile's death roll while biting me. Luckily I wore a hand glove, else my finger skin is ripped off.

Earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis)

Cryptocoryne striolata "tiger stripes" from Sarawak

The earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis) from jungle stream o...

Earless monitor lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis) @ a stream of Sarawak