Last night I went in search of Tarsiers. A friend had somewhat surprisingly, photographed one in heavily degraded secondary forest at Jerudong and was kind enough to take me along in the hope of another sighting. Along the way we came across this beautiful whip snake sleeping in the low bushes near the path.
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| Ahaetulla prasina (Oriental Whip Snake) Jerudong Brunei Borneo |
Along the path we spotted the eye shine of a few mammals. At one point a pair of eyes glowed back at us with an incredibly bright almost greenish hue. This was possibly a slow loris, these had been spotted in the area previously. Giving a more orange eye shine were a number of civet cats which moved quickly through the branches. None of these mammals were either still enough or close enough to get a good photo.
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| Civet cat species. Jerudong Brunei Borneo |
We were not disappointed however in our search for the Tarsier. Unfortunately this beautiful little mammal was a little disturbed by our presence and did not hang around for long before leaping off through the bushes. I did manage to get a few shots but not of the best quality, and only one blurry one with it looking at the camera.
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| Western Tarsier |
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| Western Tarsier |
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| Cephalopachus bancanus borneanus (Western Tarsier) Jerudong Brunei Borneo |
I will return and try to get a better photograph.
I also photographed this lovely bent toed gecko amongst the leaf litter.
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| Cyrtodactylus pubisulcus (Grooved Bent-toed Gecko) Jerudong Brunei Borneo |
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| Cyrtodactylus pubisulcus (Grooved Bent-toed Gecko) Jerudong Brunei Borneo |
