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Jungle spider in Malaysia



Cave Dwelling Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) grabbing a bat in flight and eating it



Bats in a Malaysian limestone cave



Metallic green, yellow, and copper colored beetle



Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach



Insect-eating bat in rainforest cave



Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach



Red-bodied Orthetrum chrysis dragonfly in Malaysia



Black scorpion (Heterometrus sp.) in a ground burrow



Brown walking stick insect



Insect-eating bat in rain forest cave



Colony of bats hanging from the ceiling of a limestone cave in Malaysia



Fish eagle in treetop



Pair of beetles mating on a fungal growth



Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach



Yellow grasshopper among plant leaves



Black grasshopper with yellow stripes



Leaf insect in stealth posture



Leaf insect in Malaysia



Mountain Horned Dragon lizard (Acanthosaurus armata)



Green-eyed gecko (Gecko stentor)



Small water monitor lizard sunning itself



Blue-eyed forest dragon of the Malaysian jungle



Common Bronzeback snake eating a frog



Cave Dwelling snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) eating a bat as another one flies by



Tree snake in Malaysia



Brown katydid in rain forest of Malaysia



Cave Dwelling Racer (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) swallowing a bat



Cicada which has crashed and trapped itself in a leaf



Colony of insect-eating bats in a limstone cave in Malaysia



Bats hanging from the ceiling of a Malaysian limestone cave



Bats hanging from the ceiling of a limestone cave in Malaysia



Colony of bats taking flight in a Malaysian limestone cave



Colony of bats taking flight from the ceiling of a limestone cave in Malaysia



Fish eagle nest in tree



Malaysian Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)



Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus)



Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) eating a worm/grub/insect larvae



Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) in the forest canopy



Pied hornbill in canopy tree



Pied hornbill in canopy



Pied hornbill at the top of a canopy tree



Pied hornbill in flight



Male Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus)



Male Argusianus argus



Male Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus)



Oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) in flight



Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach



Orthetrum dragonfly species



A katydid in Malaysia with a red head, black body, yellow winds, and black and yellow legs



Close up on leaf insect



Long-tailed macaque feeding on fruit of the "Tukas" palm (Caryota milis)



Close up headshot of the blue-eyed forest dragon of the Malaysian jungle



Gmelin's Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus)



Painted Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) in a tree



Bronzeback snake in a tree



Mating pair of beetles with black bodies and orange spots



Large Malaysian jungle spider



Leaf insect hiding/camouflage/stealth position



Sweat bee nest



Bee hive in the rainforest canopy



Small reddish insect which appears to be doing something with white sticky material on the stem of a leaf



Long-tailed macaque feeding on palm fruit



Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) feeding on fruit of Caryota milis, or the "Tukas" palm



Long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) eating fruit of the "Tukas" palm (Caryota milis)



Crab-eating monkey (Macaca fascicularis) eating fruit of the "Tukas" palm (Caryota milis)



Juvenile wild boar in Malaysia



Pair of wild boar in forest clearing in Malaysia



Wild boar in Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia



Wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Taman Negara National Park in Malaysia



Wild boar in Malaysia



Wild boar in Malaysia



Wild boar in Malaysia



Close up of Mountain Horned Dragon lizard (Acanthosaurus armata) found in the wild



Giant forest gecko (Gecko stentor) with turquoise eyes



Small water monitor lizard taking in the sun on the grass



Varanus salvator monitor lizard on the move



Blue-eyed forest lizard in the Malaysian jungle; greenish-brown body



Close up on the lizard with blue eyes found in the Malaysian rainforest



Painted Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus)



Gmelin's Bronzeback snake snake eating a frog



Painted Bronzeback Gmelin (Dendrelaphis pictus) snake eating a frog



Painted Bronzeback Gmelin snake swallowing a frog



Common Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus) snake eating a frog



Common Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus) snake swallowing a frog



Cave rat snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) grabbing a bat in flight and eating it



Cave Dwelling Rat snake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) eating a bat as another one flies by



Cave Dwelling Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi)



Bronzeback snake in a tree



Malaysian forest rat



Jungle squirrel in Malaysia



Red forest squirrel



Cattle on a beach of the Tembeling River



Cattle on a beach of the Tembeling River



Orangutan - Sepolik Rehab



Leaf Insects



Wild boar in Malaysia



Wild Mountain Horned Dragon (Acanthosaurus armata) on tree trunk



Varanus salvator monitor lizard



Blue-eyed lizard in Malaysian rainforest



Gmelin's Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis pictus) eating a frog



Jungle spider that has constructed a nest by rolling a Heliconia leaf



Monitor lizard (Varanus salvator) emerging from a tree hollow



Green-eyed gecko (Gecko stentor)



Green-eyed gecko (Gecko stentor)



Cave Ratsnake (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) swallowing a bat



Green vine snake in Malaysia



Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) along the Tembeling River



Eagle nest



Cyprinds in the blackwater Tahan river



Tor tambroides and Puntius schwanefeldii in their natural habitat in the blackwater Tahan River



Tor tambroides and Puntius schwanefeldii in their natural habitat in the blackwater Tahan River



Tor tambroides and Puntius schwanefeldii in their natural habitat in the blackwater Tahan River



Cave-dwelling toad in limestone cave



Giant cave-dwelling toad



Pair of beetles mating on a fungus



Metallic green beetle



Orange, yellow, and black Lycaeninae (?) butterfly with false head at the posterior



Butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach



Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach



Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach



Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach



Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach



Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach



Skipper butterfly on leaf



Fury orange caterpillar in Malaysian rain forest



Cicada trapped in a leaf



Giant green cicada



Giant brown cicada



A katydid in Malaysia with a red head, black body, yellow winds, and black and yellow legs



Light green grasshopper on leaf



Black grasshopper with yellow stripes



Black grasshopper with yellow markings



Black scorpion in a burrow



Orb spider



Small spider in the Malaysian forest



Rain forest spider that has constructed a nest by rolling a plant leaf



Forest spider in Malaysia



Brown stick insect in the Malaysian jungle



Stick insect with legs out



Stick insect in defensive position



Light green stick insect



Jungle Nymph or Malaysian leaf insect ( Heteropteryx dilatata)



Beige praying mantis






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