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[last updated 16-Nov-2016] Below is a collection of photos taken in Malaysia. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler  Google+, copyright Mongabay.com 1999-2015. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Bornean forest lizard
Bornean forest lizard


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



Skink [sabah_tawau_0520]



Blue-eared Kingfishers [sabah_kinabatangan_0303]



Giant red flying squirrel in Borneo



Green forest dragon [sabah_tawau_0207]



Male proboscis monkey [sabah_sepilok_0418]


Orangutan with a leaf umbrella
Orangutan with a leaf umbrella



Juvenile orangutans at the Sepilok rehabilitation center



Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) in flight


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


Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach
Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach



Baby macaque [sabah_kinabatangan_0098]



Shield bug [sabah_tawau_0375]



Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) in flight



Blue-eared Kingfishers [sabah_kinabatangan_0266]



Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos)



Blue and yellow weevil [sabah_sepilok_0025]



Blue and orange butterfly with cryptic underwing coloration [sabah_tawau_0505]


Multi-colored butterfly
Multi-colored butterfly



Chevron barracuda [sabah_underwater_0690]



Damselfly



Shield bug [sabah_tawau_0356]



Forest dragon [sabah_tawau_0485]


Sunbird
Sunbird


Large red millipede
Large red millipede


Orphaned orangutan at Sepilok
Orphaned orangutan at Sepilok



Blackfin barracuda [sabah_underwater_0703]


Young orphan orang-utan
Young orphan orang-utan



Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) in flight


Giant stick insect in Borneo
Giant stick insect in Borneo


Unknown insect
Unknown insect



Frog



Forest dragon lizard [sabah_tawau_0136]



Black-bearded Gliding Lizard



Coralscape in Sabah [sabah_underwater_0070]



Giant red flying squirrel in Borneo



Juvenile Yellow-Spotted Climbing Toad (Pedostibes hosii)



Blue and yellow weevil [sabah_sepilok_0018]



Cicada in Borneo



Shield bug [sabah_tawau_0364]



Mangrove crab [sabah_sepilok_0540]



Baby macaque [sabah_kinabatangan_0047]



Juvenile Yellow Spotted Climbing Toad (Pedostibes hosii) [sabah_tawau_0244]



Blue-eared Kingfishers [sabah_kinabatangan_0268]



Forest dragon lizard [sabah_tawau_0125]


Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros)
Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros)



Fly [sabah_sepilok_0563]



Unknown bat



Pair of orphaned orangutans


Tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta)
Tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta)


Long-legged arthropod
Long-legged arthropod



Baby macaque with its mother [sabah_kinabatangan_0065]


Cicada trapped in a leaf
Cicada trapped in a leaf



Red and black tractor millipede



Borneo orangutan at Sepilok Rehabilitation Center



Oriental pied-hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)



Forest dragon [sabah_tawau_0476]


Fish eagle nest in tree
Fish eagle nest in tree



Red grasshawk [sabah_sepilok_0558]


Cyprinds in the blackwater Tahan river
Cyprinds in the blackwater Tahan river



Rhacophorus dulitensi tree frog


Long-legged arthropod
Long-legged arthropod



Butterfly



Pill millipede [sabah_tawau_0430]


Cave Dwelling Racer (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) swallowing a bat
Cave Dwelling Racer (Elaphe taeniura ridleyi) swallowing a bat


Red ants
Red ants


Brown grasshopper
Brown grasshopper



Pill millipede [sabah_tawau_0441]



School of barracuda [sabah_underwater_0095]



Borneo orangutan at Sepilok Rehabilitation Center



Rhacophorus pardalis tree frog



Tractor millipede [sabah_tawau_0314]


Flying Lizard, Draco volans
Flying Lizard, Draco volans


Green Crested Lizard ( Bronchocela cristatella )
Green Crested Lizard ( Bronchocela cristatella )


Sweat bee nest
Sweat bee nest



Borneo orangutan at Sepilok Rehabilitation Center


Fury orange caterpillar in Malaysian rain forest
Fury orange caterpillar in Malaysian rain forest



Borneo orangutan at Sepilok Rehabilitation Center



Macaque feeding [sabah_kinabatangan_0093]


Pied hornbill in flight
Pied hornbill in flight



Forest dragon [sabah_tawau_0477]



Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) in flight



Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) in flight


Common Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus) snake eating a frog
Common Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis pictus) snake eating a frog


Bats hanging from the ceiling of a limestone cave in Malaysia
Bats hanging from the ceiling of a limestone cave in Malaysia



Lizard



Ashy tailorbird



Squirrel eating a jackfruit


Beige praying mantis
Beige praying mantis



Tractor millipede [sabah_tawau_0320]



Assassin bug



Monitor lizard [sabah_mabul_semporna_0083]



Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) in flight



Lizard



Leaf Insects


Giant green cicada
Giant green cicada



Camouflaged flying dragon in the Borneo rainforest canopy



Undersea life in the Coral Triangle [sabah_underwater_0806]


Black and yellow grasshopper
Black and yellow grasshopper



Heron [sabah_kinabatangan_0275]


Giant forest gecko (Gecko stentor) with turquoise eyes
Giant forest gecko (Gecko stentor) with turquoise eyes



Chevron barracuda (Sphyraena genie)



Estuarine crocodile (Crocodylus porosus)


Wild boar in Malaysia
Wild boar in Malaysia



Monitor lizard [sabah_mabul_semporna_0078]


Sunbird
Sunbird



Long-tailed macaques fighting in the canopy



Flying dragon lizard [sabah_kinabatangan_0354]



Frog [sabah_tawau_0167]



Baby macaque [sabah_kinabatangan_0078]



Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) in flight



Undersea life in the Coral Triangle [sabah_underwater_0828]



Heron [sabah_kinabatangan_0280]



Male proboscis monkey [sabah_sepilok_0351]


Sleeping bird
Sleeping bird


Tree snake in Malaysia
Elegant Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis formosus) tree snake in Malaysia



School of Blackfin barracuda (Sphyraena genie)



Halfbeak fish in the wild



Oriental pied-hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)


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


Brown grasshopper
Brown grasshopper



Black hornbills (Anthracoceros malayanus)



Squirrel eating a jackfruit [sabah_sepilok_0096]



Black squirrel in Borneo


Green Crested Lizard high in the rainforest canopy
Green Crested Lizard high in the rainforest canopy



Walking stick insect



Proboscis monkey [sabah_kinabatangan_0131]



School of barracuda



Green flying dragon displaying its orange dewlap


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


Bronzeback snake in a tree
Bronzeback snake (Dendrelaphis formosus) in a tree



Proboscis monkey [sabah_sepilok_0849]



Giant squirrel in Borneo


Orangutan hanging by its feet while eating sugar cane
Orangutan hanging by its feet while eating sugar cane



Orangutan feeding on string beans [sabah_sepilok_0187]


Orphaned orangutan at Sepilok
Orphaned orangutan at Sepilok



Fish


Brown skink with an orange throat
Brown skink with an orange throat



Proboscis monkey


Orb spider
Orb spider


Malaysian Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
Malaysian Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)



Butterfly


Pied hornbill in canopy
Pied hornbill in canopy



Red leaf monkey


Light brown tree frog
Light brown tree frog



Oriental dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca)



Kingfisher [sabah_tawau_0148]



Camouflaged caterpillar


Lesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus javanicus)
Lesser Mouse Deer (Tragulus javanicus)


Oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) in flight
Oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) in flight



Flying dragon lizard displaying its dewlap



Green flying dragon displaying its orange dewlap


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



Borneo orangutan at Sepilok Rehabilitation Center


Green and brown cicada
Green and brown cicada



Orange and black moth [sabah_tawau_0527]


Tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta)
Tiger leech (Haemadipsa picta)


Leaf insect in Malaysia
Leaf insect in Malaysia



Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) in flight



Macaque feeding [sabah_kinabatangan_0083]



Heron [sabah_kinabatangan_0272]


Stick insect in defensive position
Stick insect in defensive position



Male proboscis monkey [sabah_sepilok_0493]


Small water monitor lizard sunning itself
Small water monitor lizard sunning itself



Male proboscis monkey [sabah_sepilok_0452]


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



Green damselfly [sabah_tawau_0438]


Black grasshopper with yellow markings
Black grasshopper with yellow markings



Green flying dragon displaying its orange dewlap


Long-tailed macaque feeding on palm fruit
Long-tailed macaque feeding on palm fruit



Dragonfly


Leaf insect in stealth posture
Leaf insect in stealth posture



White shield bug [sabah_sepilok_0175]



Latern bug (Fulgora lampestris) [sabah_kinabatangan_0379]



Rainforest ant


Young orphan orang-utan
Young orphan orang-utan


Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach
Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals on a river beach



School of Blackfin barracuda [sabah_underwater_0701]



Fly [sabah_sepilok_0565]


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