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Harlequin tree frog (Rhacophorus pardalis), Borneo, Malaysia

Harlequin tree frog (Rhacophorus pardalis), Borneo, Malaysia

The harlequin tree frog, Rhacophorus pardalis, is a species of frog in the Rhacophoridae family found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests up to 1000 meters of altitude, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss. This frog was sighted on the riverside of the Kinabatangan, in the Malaysian part of Borneo

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Malaysia: Rafflesia, the world’s biggest flower

Rafflesia is a kind of parasitic flower which lives under tropical climate of the Southeast Asia. This genus has 28 species and can measure up to 1 meter in diameter (Rafflesia Arnoldii) and weights up to 10 kg. Even the smaller species, Rafflesia Baletei, has 12 cm diameter flowers.
So, Rafflesias, is the world’s largest flower. The species introduced in this article, the Rafflesia Kerri, has a diameter of 50-90 cm.

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