ANIMALS
Elegent BronzeBack Snake
A species of lowland rainforests, the beautiful Elegant Bronzeback is almost exclusively arboreal in habits, rarely descending to the ground. It feeds mainly on tree-dwelling geckoes and skinks, and is diurnal.
Its body is long, and extremely slender. Its distinguishing features include the large eye, which is at least half the diameter of the thickness of the head, and larger in the male than in the female. A thick, black stripe extends from the tip of the snout, through the eye, to some distance along the upper flank.
The top of the head is brown, and this continues as a broad, brown stripe which extends along the length of the vertebral line. The flanks along the anterior half of the body are bright pale green to yellow-green.
The species is easily confused with the Blue Bronzeback Dendrelaphis cyanochloris.
The Elegant Bronzeback occurs in southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo and Java.
Its body is long, and extremely slender. Its distinguishing features include the large eye, which is at least half the diameter of the thickness of the head, and larger in the male than in the female. A thick, black stripe extends from the tip of the snout, through the eye, to some distance along the upper flank.
The top of the head is brown, and this continues as a broad, brown stripe which extends along the length of the vertebral line. The flanks along the anterior half of the body are bright pale green to yellow-green.
The species is easily confused with the Blue Bronzeback Dendrelaphis cyanochloris.
The Elegant Bronzeback occurs in southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo and Java.
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| Daria's Brown Spider |
Pill millipede (Glomeris connexa)
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| Pill Glomeris Millipede |
Our common Pill Millipede, Glomeris marginata, having 17-19 pairs of
legs. In addition, the pill millipede are much deeper and shinier black (see
below).
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| Glomeris Marginata |
Glomeris
marginata can grow up to 20mm long and 8mm wide and it has twelve
apparent plates along the back. Whereas the iuliform millipedes are
distinctly cylindrical, the pill millipedes are more or less semi-circular
in cross-section. It is this
arrangement that allows the animal to roll up into such a tight ball.
Pill millipedes live mainly in leaf litter and they play an important
part in breaking the material down in some places. In the garden milipede
are most likely to be found in the hedge bottom or among the debris
at the bottom of an old wall, especially where loose mortar has fallen
and increased the lime content of the soil. , the
pill millipede is rather more tolerant of dry conditions than it's relatives.
Glomeris makes no nest for it's eggs, but each egg is
enclosed in a little capsule of excrement.
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| Ball Pill Millipede |
Borneo Dragon (Green Created Lizard)
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| Borneo Crested Lizard |
This species is a bright green lizard,known by local as Forest smallest Borneo Dragon, It is able to change colour with the environment, this dragon lizard turning darker brown when
threatened (as picture below).
There is a dark ring around the eyes, and a dark spot at
the back of the head. The males have a crest on the neck. It has a very
long and thin tail. The body length is of 13 cm,
and the total length (body + tail) is of 57 cm.
It is found in forests as well as parks and rural areas.
also known as the Green Crested Lizard the Borneo lizard dragon, is an agamid lizard found in Southeast Asia: West Malaysia and Borneo, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines and some Asian countries.
Giant Orange Spider one of several common Lynx Spiders found in Danum Valley . It has black and orange lines running the length of its body and is generally longer and thinner than other species. It hunts on foliage in the daytime, eating all manner of insects and other spiders. It has black lines on the insides of its legs and is often found in grasses whereas the other species do not appear to have these lines and are more often found hunting on shrubs.
Olive-Back SunBird
Giant Orange Spider one of several common Lynx Spiders found in Danum Valley . It has black and orange lines running the length of its body and is generally longer and thinner than other species. It hunts on foliage in the daytime, eating all manner of insects and other spiders. It has black lines on the insides of its legs and is often found in grasses whereas the other species do not appear to have these lines and are more often found hunting on shrubs.
