Observed: Koh Chang, January 2016 Observed By: Nick Bonnedahl, Volker Kopetsky
The greater short-nosed fruit bat is a megabat (that’s a fruit bat to you and I) in the family Pteropodidae that is native to South and Southeast Asia.
The aduly wingspan extends up to 48cm and they have very fine and silky fur.
They are common in tropical forests but are also found in grasslands and mangrove forests.
They feed on fruit and differ from many bat species in that they locate food primarily by scent.
Last Observed: March 2016, Koh Chang Observed By: Jean-Pierre Odet
The common green frog is a native amphibian of Southeast Asia. It’s comon and green, and it’s a frog – straight from the utalitarian school of animal naming.
Their native habitat is subtropical or moist lowland forests and all kinds of other moist environs so they are right at home in the rainforest of Koh Chang
Last Observed: March 2016, Koh Chang Observed By: Jean-Pierre Odet
This unassuming toad has an impressive number of pseudonyms including Asian common toad, Asian toad, black-spectacled toad, common Sunda toad and Javanese toad.
They occur in a range of habitats from Pakistan through to the Indonesian islands. They are common sights in areas of human habitation and are known to take advantage of the plentiful food provided by streetlights when flying termites swarm.
Observed: Koh Chang, March 2016 Observed By: Suthanai Krupanitch
Finlayson’s squirrel is a species of rodent that is found only in Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Laos and Vietnam.
The squirrel has 16 subspecies that vary wildly in colour but are all part of the same species – as you can see the ones found on Koh Chang are a deep orangey black in colour.
They are arboreal (tree-dwelling) animals and feed primarily on fruit and nuts.
Observed: Koh Chang, February 2016 Observed By: David Vinot
The Needlefish are a family of fish that feed on other small fishes and live at or near the sea surface.
They are notable for their ability to leap out of and skip along the surface of the water. This behavoir, whilst delightful to behold can pose a threat to humans since shoals of needlefish can leap over fishing boats and impale themselves in the unwary at speeds of up to 60km/h, causing nasty puncture wounds.
Last Observed: March 2016 – Koh Chang Last Observed By: Perry Stevens
The greater coucal is also known, endearingly if rather confusingly, as the crow pheasant. In fact it is a memebr of the cuckoo order of birds. they look a bit like crows though, except for the brown “jacket” that they sport.
They can’t fly very well, poor things and instead scramble around on teh forest floor looking for insects and also the eggs and hatchlings of other birds.
They are a large bird that grows up to 48 cm in length. Their deep, resounding call is associated in many places with omens, spirits and general spooky stuff, but that’s not the bird’s fault.
Last Observed: March 2016 – Koh Chang Last Observed By: Suthanai Krupanitch
The red-headed trogon is a medium sized member of the Trogon family of birds that grows to 34cm length on average.It has a number of subspecies with variations in colouration but the are all of the same overall species of bird.
Typically the bird favours upland forests as a habitat so and it is rarely sighted below 300 metres. But Koh Chang has some lofty peaks it is clearly quite at home here.
They feed on insects that they peck from leaves and branches and also catch in mid-air.
