Mount Tahan Ant Plant

Plants > Ant Plants

The Mount Tahan Ant Plant (Dischidia astephana) is an exquisite, high-altitude myrmecophytic epiphyte endemic to the windswept, mist-shrouded mossy summits of Peninsular Malaysia, including Mount Tahan and the Cameron Highlands. Clambering along the gnarled,...

Mount Jerai Reed Snake

Reptiles > Squamata

The Mount Jerai Reed Snake (Pseudorabdion mhor), scientifically described in 2017, is a secretive, miniature fossorial serpent endemic strictly to the isolated granite summit plateau of Mount Jerai in northwestern Peninsular Malaysia. Rising steeply above the...

Dome Fairy Lantern

Plants > Fairy Lanterns

Formally described in 2021 from the slopes of Mount Sarut in Peninsular Malaysia, Thismia sitimeriamiae is an otherworldly, non-photosynthetic flowering plant belonging to the rare fairy lantern genus. Named after Siti Meriam, the mother of the botanist who found it,...

Red Tree Rat

Mammals > Muridae & Tree Rats

The Red Tree Rat (Pithecheir melanurus), also known as the Monkey-footed Rat, is one of the most anatomically specialized and charming arboreal rodents inhabiting the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia. Confined primarily to Peninsular Malaysia, this nocturnal...
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