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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 ...
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 ]
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. No subspecies are currently recognized. [3]
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 ...
Barnes' cat snake is mainly a forest-dwelling species but may occasionally be found in human habitats. It is the smallest cat snake in Sri Lanka and grows up to a maximum of about 600 mm (24 in) in snout-vent length. Being a nocturnal and an arboreal hunter, it mainly feeds on agamid lizards and geckos. The day time is usually spent inside a ...
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. The snake is known as "dangara dandaa ...
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.
Boiga ceylonensis (Sri Lanka cat snake) is a species of rear-fanged, mildly venomous, nocturnal, arboreal colubrid snake endemic to Sri Lanka. [2] Description.