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It is a common species from the plains and midhills of Sri Lanka. Widespread within he country. Known from the localities such as Kalutara, Mathugama, Gammaduwa, and Knuckles Mountain Range, Kotmale, Ratnapura, Weligalla, Negambo, Nawala, Gampola, Peradeniya, and Kandy in the central hills, as well as localities in dry northern parts of the island.
There are 111 lizards known from Sri Lanka, with 17 newly discovered in 2006, and two more in 2016 and 2017. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] One of species was discovered in 2019 from Ensalwatta, Matara. [ 13 ] In 2019, seven more endemic day geckos have been discovered by Suranjan Karunaratne and Mendis Wickramasinghe.
Jerdon's sea snake Kerilia jerdonii India, Sri Lanka, Malay peninsula; Bighead sea snake Kolpophis annandalei (Laidlaw, 1901) Short sea snake Lapemis curtus (Shaw, 1802) Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Malay region, Indo-China; Yellow-lipped sea krait Laticauda colubrina India, East of the islands of the Sundas; Laticauda laticaudata ( Linnaeus ...
Boulenger's keelback [2] (Fowlea asperrima), also known commonly as the Sri Lankan keelback, [1] is a species of water snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka . [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 4 ]
Rhabdophis ceylonensis is endemic to the island of Sri Lanka. The species is commonly known as the Sri Lanka blossom krait, the Sri Lanka keelback, and මල් කරවලා (mal karawala) or නිහලුවා (nihaluwa) in Sinhala. It is a moderately venomous snake.
Dendrelaphis schokari, also known as the common bronze-back [4] or Schokar's bronzeback [5] (Sinhala: තරු/මූකලන් හාල්දන්ඩා, Tharu/Mookalan Haaldanda in Sinhala [4]), is a species of non-venomous arboreal snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to Sri Lanka. [3]
Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus, the Sri Lankan pit viper, [4] Ceylon pit viper, [3] Sri Lankan green pitviper [3] or locally, pala polonga, (Sinhala: පළා පොළඟා) is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Sri Lanka.
Chrysopelea taprobanica, the Sri Lankan flying snake [3] [4] [5] or Indian flying snake, [2] is a species of gliding colubrid snake distributed in India and Sri Lanka. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 6 ] It can glide , as with all species of its genus Chrysopelea , by stretching the body into a flattened strip using its ribs.