| Bukit Kuamas Forest Reserve | |
| Iucn Category: | Ia |
| Map: | Borneo |
| Label: | Bukit Kuamas Forest Reserve |
| Label Position: | right |
| Location: | Sabah, Malaysia |
| Nearest City: | Telupid, Telupid District |
| Coordinates: | 5.7075°N 117.1675°W |
| Area Km2: | 73.24 |
| Established: | 1992 |
| Governing Body: | Sabah Forestry Department[1] |
Bukit Kuamas Forest Reserve is a protected forest reserve in Telupid District of Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia.[2] It was designated as a Class 1 Protection Forest by the Sabah Forestry Department in 1992. Its area is 7324ha.[3] The reserve is hilly and surrounded by palm oil plantations. The forest is mixed dipterocarp. Threats to the reserve forests include logging, fires and erosion.[1]
The reserve hosts threatened tree species such as Aquilaria malaccensis, Dipterocarpus acutangulus, Dipterocarpus confertus and Dipterocarpus lowii. Other species include Parashorea tomentella, Borneodendron aenigmaticum and Dryobalanops lanceolata. I has numerous Shorea species.[1]
Animals include the red leaf monkey, sambar deer and mouse deer. The butterfly species Trogonoptera brookiana has been observed in the reserve.[1]