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Sri Lankan herpetologist, Anslem de Silva largely studied the biology and ecology of Sri Lanka snakes, where he documented 96 species of land and sea snakes. [1] Five genera are endemic to Sri Lanka - Aspidura, Balanophis, Cercaspis, Haplocercus, and Pseudotyphlops. [2] Out of them only five of the land snakes are considered potentially deadly ...
The Ceylonese cylinder snake (Cylindrophis maculatus) is a species of snake in the family Cylindrophiidae [2] endemic to Sri Lanka. [3] It is known from plains up to 1000m, localities include Gampola , Peradeniya , Kandy , Pallekele , and Elahera in the central hills and Nikaweratiya in the north-western part of the island.
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.
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 ]
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.
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 ...
It is an endemic species to Sri Lanka and widely distributed in all three climatic zones of the island, except higher hills and arid zones, while relatively more common in wet zone grasslands and rain forest areas and occasionally in plantations of cardamom, cocoa, coffee, and tea, from the lower altitudes from 153 to 1,800 m (502 to 5,906 ft ...
The Cylindrophiidae are a monotypic family [2] of secretive, semifossorial, non-venomous snakes containing the genus Cylindrophis found in southeastern Asia. These are burrowing snakes and most have a banded pattern on the belly. [3] Currently, 14 species are recognized, all with no subspecies. [2] Common names include Asian pipesnakes and ...