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Gernot Vogel
With this report, WWFs Initiative in support of the Heart of Borneo recognises the work of scientists and researchers who have dedicated countless hours to the discovery of new species in the Heart of Borneo, for the world to appreciate and in its wisdom preserve.
Cover photos: Main / View of Gunung Kinabalu, Sabah Eric in S F (sic); Inset photos from left to right / Rhacophorus belalongensis Max Dehling; Dendrobium lohokii Amos Tan; Dendrelaphis kopsteini Gernot Vogel.
A.Shapiro (WWF-US). Based on NASA, Visible Earth, ESRI, 2008 data sources.
Gernot Vogel
Stefan Hertwig
Peter OByrne
Stefan Hertwig
CK Yeo
Richard Webster
Menno Schilthuizen
Max Dehling
Andrea Lucky
Daisy Wowor
Christopher Austin
David Bickford
Appendix
Species Amphibians
Pelophryne linanitensis Pelophryne murudensis Pelophryne saravacensis Rhacophorus belalongensis Rhacophorus penanorum
(NB. This list may not be a completely exhaustive list of new species discovered in the Heart of Borneo)
Scientist(s)
Das Das Inger & Stuebing Dehling & Grafe Dehling
Year
2008 2008 2009 2008 2008
Location
Gunung Murud, Sarawak Gunung Murud, Sarawak Sunghai Segaham, Belaga District, Kapit Division, Sarawak Brunei lowland rainforests Gunung Mulu, Sarawak
Subtotal
5
Gunung Kinabalu Park, Ranau District, Sabah, Malaysia Borneo-wide Borneo-wide Kapit Division, Sarawak Crocker Range Park, Sabah
Reptiles
Anomochilus monticola Dendelaphis kopsteini Dendrelaphis haasi Lipinia inexpectata Luperosaurus sorok Das, Lakim, Lim & Hui Vogel & van Rooijen Vogel & van Rooijen Das & Austin Das, Lakim & Kandaung 2008 2007 2008 2007 2008
Subtotal
5
Danum Valley, Sabah
Birds
Spectacled Flowerpecker (awaiting formal scientific naming) Edwards, Webster & Rowlett 2009
Subtotal
1
Belayan River in the Mahakam drainage Kapuas drainage in Kalimantan Barat Mentaya drainage, Central Kalimantan Upper Mahakam basin in East Kalimantan Kahayan, Sampit and Kapuas basins Danum Valley, Sabah Kapuas drainage in Kalimantan, Borneo Sarawak, Brunei, Sabah Kapuas drainage in Kalimantan Kinabatangan and Segama drainages in Sabah, Borneo Segama drainage in Danum Valley, Sabah Kahayan River drainage Rungan River drainage in Kalimantan Kapuas drainage, Kalimantan Pangkalan, Sabah Mahakam drainage in Kalimantan Rungan-Kahayan basin, Central Kalimantan
Fish
Pangio lidi Eirmotus insignis Eirmotus isthmus Homaloptera batek Kottelatlimia hipporhynchos Lobocheilos erinaceus Lobocheilos ixocheilos Lobocheilos ovalis Lobocheilos tenura Lobocheilos terminalis Lobocheilos unicornis Nanobagrus immaculatus Ompok supernus Osteochilus bleekeri Paedocypris carbunculus Rasbora lacrimula Rasbora patrickyapi Hadiaty & Kottelat Tan & Kottelat Tan & Kottelat Tan Kottelat & Tan Kottelat & Tan Kottelat & Tan Kottelat & Tan Kottelat & Tan Kottelat & Tan Kottelat & Tan Ng Ng Kottelat Britz & Kottelat Hadiaty & Kottelat Tan 2009 2008 2008 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009
Subtotal
17
Brunei Danum Valley, Sabah Kapit Division, Sarawak Gunung Kinabalu, Sabah Gunung Emas and Gunung Kinabalu Brunei Gunung Kinabalu, Sabah Gunung Kinabalu, Sabah Near Danum Valley Kelian River, East Kalimantan Kelian River, East Kalimantan Crocker Range
Invertebrates
Aphelocheirus bruneiensis Chinemesa uniannulata Enigmocephala deinorhyncha Eriococcus szentivanyi Eulichas villosa Foenobethylus bidentatus Hoyicoccus hendersonae Ibycus rachelae Lordomyrma reticulata Macrobrachium kelianense Macrobrachium urayang Paratelius emasensis Zettel, Lane & Moore Redei Redei Kozr & Williams Hjek Vrkonyi & Polaszek Kozr & Williams Schilthuizen & Liew Lucky & Sarnat Wowor & Short Wowor & Short Malohlava & Bocak 2008 2007 2007 2009 2009 2007 2009 2008 2008 2007 2007 2009
Species
Paratelius nigricornis Paratelius snizeki Phaenicocleus minor Phaenicocleus sabahensis Phaenicocleus schwendingeri Phobaeticus chani Phortica alba Phortica epsilon Phortica expansa Phortica jamilli Phortica kinabalensis Phortica lanuginosa Phortica liewi Phortica membranifera Phortica ni Phortica palmata Phortica zeta
Scientist(s)
Malohlava & Bocak Malohlava & Bocak tys & Baa tys & Baa tys & Baa Hennemann & Conle Chen & Toda Chen & Toda Chen & Toda Chen & Toda Chen & Toda Chen & Toda Chen & Toda Chen & Toda Chen & Toda Chen & Toda Chen & Toda
Year
2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007
Location
Crocker Range Crocker Range Crocker Range Crocker Range Mount Kinabalu Kinabalu Park, Sabah Gunung Kinabalu and Crocker Range, Sabah Gunung Kinabalu Gunung Kinabalu Gunung Kinabalu Gunung Kinabalu and Crocker Range, Sabah Gunung Kinabalu Gunung Kinabalu and Crocker Range, Sabah Crocker Range Gunung Kinabalu, Sabah Crocker Range Crocker Range
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29
Subtotal
Plants
Alocasia infernalis Alphonsea borneensis Appendicula clemensiorum Appendicula tembuyukenensis Ascidieria maculiflora Boesenbergia imbakensis Boesenbergia laevivaginata Boesenbergia subulata Bulbophyllum aschemon Bulbophyllum belliae Bulbophyllum belonaeglossum Bulbophyllum cyrtognomom Bulbophyllum haematostictum Bulbophyllum leptoglossum Bulbophyllum retrorsum Bulbophyllum rutilan Bulbophyllum simii Callicarpa argentii Chelonistele senagangensis Cleisocentron gokusingii Dendrobium cymbicallum Dendrobium deflexilobum Dendrobium devogelii Dendrobium jamirusii Dendrobium jiewhoei Dendrobium lohokii Dendrobium lumakuense Dendrobium montis-hosei Dendrobium muluense Dendrobium punbatuense Boyce Turner Wood Wood Wood Sakai & Nagam. Sakai & Nagam. Sakai & Nagam. Verm. & Lamb Verm. & Lamb Verm. & Lamb Verm. & Lamb Verm. & Lamb Verm. & Lamb Verm. & Lamb Verm. & Lamb Verm. & Lamb Bramley Wood Wood & Lamb P.OByrne & J.J.Wood Wood & Lamb Wood Wood & Lamb Wood & Chan Wood & Lamb Wood Wood Wood Wood 2007 2009 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2008 2008 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 Kapit Division, Sarawak Sintang, Central Kalimantan Mount Kinabalu National Park Mount Kinabalu National Park, Kota Belud District Ulu Padas, Sipitang District Imbak Canyon, Kinabatangan, Sabah Bario, Marudi District Belait, Labi Kelabit Highlands Mount Kinabalu National Park Sabah Crocker Range Batu Punggul near Sepulot, Sabah Gunung Mulu National Park Kinabalu National Park Long Pa Sia area, Sipitang District, Sabah Lanjak Entimau Protected Forest, Sarawak Gunung Meranti, Central Kalimantan Ulu Senagang, Tenom District, Sabah Mount Rimau near Long Pa Sia, Sipitang District, Sabah Sipitang District Crocker Range, Tambunan District Apo Kayan, between Long Ampung and Long Nawan, Kalimantan Kalabakan area, Pensiangan District, Tawau Division Crocker Range, Tambunan District Pensiangan District, Sabah Mount Lumaku, Sipitang District, Sabah Hose Mountains, Kapit District, Sarawak Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak Pun Batu, Pensiangan District, Sabah
Species
Dendrobium roseocalca Dendrobium sabahense Dendrobium serena-alexianum Dendrobium strongyloflorum Dendrobium tetrabrachium Dendrobium toppiorum Fissistigma brevistipitatum Fissistigma bygravei Fissistigma carrii Fissistigma montanum Friesodielsia formosa Gardenia chanii Goniothalamus kamarudinii Goniothalamus megalocalyx
Scientist(s)
Wood Wood Wood & Lamb Wood Wood Lamb & Wood Turner Turner Turner Turner Turner Low Turner & Saunders Turner & Saunders Turner & Saunders Boyce & Wong Boyce & Wong Wood & Lamb Wood & Ormerod Schuit. & Vogel Aparicio Wood Julius & Takano Julius & Takano Julius & Takano Julius & Takano Julius & Takano Turner Turner Turner Miadin, A.L.Lamb & Emoi Ashton Ashton Ashton OByrne & Verm. Wood & Lamb Suzana, Pereira & Sugau
Year
2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2007 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2007 2007 2008 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008
Location
Crocker Range Batu Urun, Kinabatangan District, Sabah Foothills of Gunung Kinabalu Kelabit Highland Julau District, Sarawak Sipitang District, Sabah Sungai Millian, Nabawan District, Interior Division, Sabah Babagon to Ulu Terian, Penampang District, West Coast Division Gunung Kinabalu Pagon Ridge, Brunei Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, headwaters of S. Kahayan Badas Forest Reserve, Belait District Gunung Kinabalu Extreme headwaters of Balleh River, western slope of Bukit Tibang, Kapit District Sungai Iban, Belaga District, Kapit Division Mulu National Park, Sarawak Mulu National Park, Sarawak Crocker Range Gunung Kinabalu Kelabit Highlands Sintang, Kalimantan Sipitang District, Sabah Ulu Kimanis, Crocker Range Park, Papar District Lahad Datu District, Danum Valley Conservation Area Ulu Kimanis, Crocker Range Park, Papar District Danum Valley Conservation Area, Lahad Datu District Kinabalu Park-Sayap, Kota Belud District Crocker Range, Keningau District Bukit Telingan, Labi Keningau District Tawau District, Sabah Gunung Api, Mulu National Park Labi, Brunei Maliau Basin, Sabah Tambunan District, Gunung Trus Madi, Sabah Gunung Kinabalu, Sabah Gunung Kinabalu Park, Ranau District, Sabah, Malaysia
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Goniothalamus phaeotrichus Homalomena ardua Homalomena striatieopetiolata Jejewoodia crockerensis Liparis trifoliata Malleola honhoffii Mallotus connatus Mycaranthes depauperata Plagiostachys brevicalcarata Plagiostachys longicaudata Plagiostachys megacarpa Plagiostachys roseiflora Plagiostachys viridisepala Polyalthia beamaniorum Polyalthia charitopoda Polyalthia miliusoides Sarcoglyphis masiusii Syzygium flagrimonte Syzygium praestantilimbum Syzygium tubiflorum Thrixspermum erythrolomum Trichoglottis sitihasmahae Wendlandia tombuyukonensis
Total
Subtotal
123
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