Southeast Asian Jungle

Emerald islands and jungles hiding tigers, great apes and dragons.

ClimateHot and steamy with monsoon downpours.

LandscapeLush tropical rainforest, big rivers and tangled mangrove coasts.

Species recorded129

Written profiles7

Groups present8

Coordinates0.5°, 113.0°

About the Southeast Asian Jungle

Island Southeast Asia is a scatter of thousands of islands across two continental shelves, and its wildlife is shaped by which islands were connected to which during the low sea levels of the ice ages. That history produced one of the sharpest biogeographic boundaries anywhere — a line running between neighbouring islands with Asian animals on one side and Australasian ones on the other. Each island then went its own way, which is why so many species here occur on exactly one of them. The forests are lowland rainforest, among the most diverse on Earth, with dipterocarp trees that fruit in irregular mass events years apart, forcing animals to cope with long famine and sudden glut. It is also the region losing lowland forest fastest.

Featured animals of the Southeast Asian Jungle

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7 species have a full written profile.

Critically endangeredHerbivore

Most-recorded wild species here

Photographed and identified by iNaturalist contributors in this region, ordered by number of records.

Red Stripe Weevil

Rhynchophorus vulneratus

Insects

Nemacheilus saravacensis

Fish

Hairy-backed Bulbul

Tricholestes criniger

Birds

Little Spiderhunter

Arachnothera longirostra

Birds

African Giant Snail

Lissachatina fulica

Mollusks

Leptogomphus coomansi

Insects

Rough-sided frog

Hylarana glandulosa

Amphibians

Tinfoil Barb

Barbonymus schwanefeldii

Fish

Borneo Skink

Dasia vittata

Reptiles

Dinomyrmex gigas borneensis

Insects

Moustached Babbler

Malacopteron magnirostre

Birds

Black-throated Wren-Babbler

Turdinus atrigularis

Birds

Smooth Guardian Frog

Limnonectes palavanensis

Amphibians

White-chested Babbler

Pellorneum rostratum

Birds

Bornean great argus

Argusianus argus grayi

Birds

Flat-tailed House Gecko

Hemidactylus platyurus

Reptiles

Barbodes sealei

Fish

Dusky Munia

Lonchura fuscans

Birds

Full species checklist

A further 104 species recorded in the Southeast Asian Jungle.

Common name	Scientific name	Group	Records
Tropical Swallowtail Moth	Lyssa zampa	Insects	181
Asian Common Toad	Duttaphrynus melanostictus	Amphibians	180
Amphidromus inversus	Amphidromus inversus	Mollusks	179
Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle	Notochelys platynota	Reptiles	178
Black-headed Bulbul	Microtarsus melanocephalos	Birds	177
Asian Red-eyed Bulbul	Pycnonotus brunneus	Birds	176
Common Iora	Aegithina tiphia	Birds	175
Asian Leaf Turtle	Cyclemys dentata	Reptiles	174
Giant Forest Ant	Dinomyrmex gigas	Insects	173
Alcalus rajae	Alcalus rajae	Amphibians	172
Kalimantan Tarantula	Haplopelma doriae	Arachnids	171
Labiobarbus fasciatus	Labiobarbus fasciatus	Fish	169
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus paradiseus	Birds	168
Side-spotted Swamp Frog	Hylarana laterimaculata	Amphibians	167
Brown Marsh Frog	Hylarana baramica	Amphibians	166
Aschiphasma annulipes	Aschiphasma annulipes	Insects	165
Asian Fairy-bluebird	Irena puella	Birds	164
Peter's Tree Frog	Nyctixalus pictus	Amphibians	162
Tiger Barb	Puntigrus tetrazona	Fish	161
River Toad	Phrynoidis asper	Amphibians	160
Green Paddy Frog	Hylarana erythraea	Amphibians	159
Long-tailed Macaque	Macaca fascicularis	Mammals	158
Commander	Moduza procris	Insects	156
Bornean Sun Bear	Helarctos malayanus euryspilus	Mammals	155
Acehnese Mahseer	Tor tambra	Fish	154
False Spanner Barb	Barbodes kuchingensis	Fish	153
Bank's Barb	Barbodes banksi	Fish	152
White-rumped Shama	Copsychus malabaricus	Birds	151
Beccari's Keeled Skink	Tropidophorus beccarii	Reptiles	150
Malayan Softshell Turtle	Dogania subplana	Reptiles	148
Plain Flowerpecker	Dicaeum minullum	Birds	147
Brown Fulvetta	Alcippe brunneicauda	Birds	145
Bornean Bearded Pig	Sus barbatus barbatus	Mammals	144
Pyrops sultanus	Pyrops sultanus	Insects	140
Brown-throated Sunbird	Anthreptes malacensis	Birds	138
Dark-necked Tailorbird	Orthotomus atrogularis	Birds	137
Apollo Shark	Luciosoma setigerum	Fish	136
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch	Sitta frontalis	Birds	135
Smooth Slug Snake	Asthenodipsas laevis	Reptiles	134
Exrhysota brookei	Exrhysota brookei	Mollusks	133
Jungle Jade Swallowtail	Papilio karna	Insects	132
Scissortail Rasbora	Rasbora trilineata	Fish	131
Dark-eared Tree Frog	Polypedates macrotis	Amphibians	130
Red-naped Trogon	Harpactes kasumba	Birds	128
Hard-lipped Barb	Osteochilus vittatus	Fish	127
Checkered Barb	Oliotius oligolepis	Fish	100
Red Wine Betta	Betta coccina	Fish	99
Sea Mullet	Mugil cephalus	Fish	98
Black Dwarf Betta	Betta persephone	Fish	98
Tomi Mouthbrooder	Betta tomi	Fish	96
Mayan Cichlid	Mayaheros urophthalmus	Fish	95
Homaloptera parclitella	Homaloptera parclitella	Fish	95
Yellow-spotted Mudskipper	Periophthalmus walailakae	Fish	94
Mahogany Maskray	Neotrygon varidens	Fish	92
Banded Archerfish	Toxotes jaculatrix	Fish	91
Grey-banded Loach	Nemacheilus selangoricus	Fish	88
Asian Arowana	Scleropages formosus	Fish	87
Giant Mudskipper	Periophthalmodon schlosseri	Fish	86
Common Seahorse	Hippocampus kuda	Fish	85
Peacock River Stingray	Potamotrygon motoro	Fish	82
Toros	Osteochilus spilurus	Fish	81
Sharksucker	Echeneis naucrates	Fish	79
Javan Flounder	Pseudorhombus javanicus	Fish	79
Bigspot Barb	Barbodes dunckeri	Fish	78
Boddart's Blue-spotted Mudskipper	Boleophthalmus boddarti	Fish	76
Giant Snakehead	Channa micropeltes	Fish	73
Forest Snakehead	Channa lucius	Fish	72
Western Mosquitofish	Gambusia affinis	Fish	70
Partipentazona Barb	Puntigrus partipentazona	Fish	70
Striped Snakehead	Channa striata	Fish	69
Striped Panchax	Aplocheilus lineatus	Fish	66
Mozambique Tilapia	Oreochromis mossambicus	Fish	65
Javanese Ricefish	Oryzias javanicus	Fish	65
Greenback Mullet	Planiliza subviridis	Fish	62
Indian Mud Moray	Gymnothorax tile	Fish	61
Longfin Snake Eel	Pisodonophis cancrivorus	Fish	58
Jewelled Blenny	Salarias fasciatus	Fish	55
Greencheek Parrotfish	Scarus prasiognathos	Fish	54
Eightband Butterflyfish	Chaetodon octofasciatus	Fish	53
Blue Peacock Bass	Cichla piquiti	Fish	51
Gold-spotted Mudskipper	Periophthalmus chrysospilos	Fish	49
Houndfish	Tylosurus crocodilus	Fish	48
Saddle Barb	Barbodes sellifer	Fish	47
Slender Mudskipper	Periophthalmus gracilis	Fish	43
Lepidocephalichthys tomaculum	Lepidocephalichthys tomaculum	Fish	42
Spinycheek Grunter	Terapon puta	Fish	41
Milkfish	Chanos chanos	Fish	39
Freckled Goby	Amblygobius stethophthalmus	Fish	36
Green Chromide	Etroplus suratensis	Fish	34
Guppy	Poecilia reticulata	Fish	33
Singapore Glassy Perchlet	Ambassis kopsii	Fish	29
Longhorn Cowfish	Lactoria cornuta	Fish	26
False Scorpionfish	Centrogenys vaigiensis	Fish	21
Southern Platyfish	Xiphophorus maculatus	Fish	20
Indo-Pacific Sergeant Major	Abudefduf vaigiensis	Fish	16
Redspot Emperor	Lethrinus lentjan	Fish	16
Barred Mudskipper	Periophthalmus argentilineatus	Fish	15
Blackspot Longtom	Strongylura strongylura	Fish	14
Green Swordtail	Xiphophorus hellerii	Fish	14
Crimson Sunbird	Aethopyga siparaja	Birds	9
Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish	Chlorurus spilurus	Fish	9
Northern River Garfish	Zenarchopterus buffonis	Fish	7
Beardless barb	Cyclocheilichthys apogon	Fish	4
Ocellaris Anemonefish	Amphiprion ocellaris	Fish	1

Southeast Asian Jungle

About the Southeast Asian Jungle

Featured animals of the Southeast Asian Jungle

Most-recorded wild species here

Full species checklist

Groups found here

Mammals

Birds

Fish

Reptiles

Amphibians

Insects

Arachnids

Mollusks