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Red-headed Krait, Bungarus flaviceps (Reinhardt, 1843)

Malaysian venomous terrestrial snake species are classified into three families: Viperinae (pit vipers), Natricidae (some keelbacks) and Elapidae (cobras, corals, and kraits). Bungarus flaviceps, commonly known as Red-headed Krait, is one of...

Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ahmad Khaldun Ismail & Dr. Anas Amri Bin Hashim • 30 September 2026 • 1032 views

Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius, 1798)

Tholymis tillarga has a medium-sized body that measures about 43 mm for male and 39 mm for female. The male of Tholymis tillarga can be recognized by the red colour on its body including thorax and abdomen with the presence of white...

Mrs. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas • 30 September 2024 • 37671 views

Aquilaria hirta Ridl.

Aquilaria hirta is a tree species in the family Thymelaeaceae, locally known as ‘Karas’ or ‘Chandan bulu’ (Hassan et al., 2011). It occurs on the hill slopes of tropical lowland forests (Soehartono, 1999). Th...

Mr. Muhammad Alif Azyraf Bin Azmi • 28 June 2024 • 36378 views

Pangium edule Reinw. (Achariaceae)

Pangium edule is a small to moderately large tree, growing up to 26 m tall. The green leaves are clustered or spirally arranged at the apex of branches or twigs with a long petiole. It is large in that the young leaves are heart-shaped while...

Mrs. Norzielawati Salleh • 29 September 2023 • 36224 views

Shorea lamellata Foxw.

Shorea lamellata Foxw. is a dipterocarp tree species belonging to the white meranti group (usually called Meranti Pa’ang).

Mrs. Nur Hazwanie Binti Abd Halim • 30 October 2020 • 35698 views

Zosterops palpebrosus Temminck, 1824

The Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) is a relatively small bird measuring 10.5-11 cm long, in the Zosteropidae family.

Mrs. Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria, Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman, Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman, Mr. Kaviarasu Munian & Ms. Noor Faradiana Binti Md Fauzi • 30 June 2019 • 34396 views

Kittacincla malabarica (Scopoli, 1786)

The White-rumped Shama (Kittacincla malabarica), also known as murai batu, is one of the most popular birds because of its beautiful melodious songs and long beautiful tails.

Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman & Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman • 15 December 2017 • 34715 views

Spathoglottis plicata Blume

Spathoglottis plicata Blume is a hardy ground orchid that usually grows in the lowlands, on roadsides and other disturbed areas (Ong et al., 2011). It is a very widespread orchid distributed from India to the Pacific Islands (Seiden...

Adeline Hii • 28 December 2015 • 32166 views

Codonoboea malayana (Hook.f.) Kiew

Dubbed as the ‘Malayan Cowslip’, Codonoboea malayana is one of the most beautiful native forest dicotyledonous herbs with its large nodding yellow flowers.

Mr. Yao Tze Leong • 24 November 2015 • 30197 views

Bauhinia bassacensis Pierre ex Gagnep. var. bassacensis

Usually the Bauhinia species we see in the wild or cultivated have red, pink, purple, orange, yellow or white flowers, but the flowers of B. bassacensis are greenish white.

Dr. Avelinah Julius • 18 February 2013 • 30450 views

Stereospermum fimbriatum (Wall. ex G. Don) A. DC.

Bignoniaceae is a well-known family that gives us many ornamental trees, shrubs or climbers with some fascinating and showy flowers of different of colours from a striking orange, yellow or purple to pale pink or white.

Dr. Avelinah Julius • 30 April 2012 • 29452 views

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