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Boiga ceylonensis (Sri Lanka cat snake) is a species of rear-fanged, mildly venomous, nocturnal, arboreal colubrid snake endemic to Sri Lanka. [ 2 ] Description
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 ...
The Savannah is a breed of hybrid cat developed in the late 20th century from crossing a serval (Leptailurus serval) with a domestic cat (Felis catus). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This hybridization typically produces large and lean offspring, with the serval's characteristic large ears and markedly brown-spotted coats.
There are endless reasons to love Savannah cats, but if we’re honest, their high price point might not be one of them. Generally speaking, you can expect to pay anywhere between $1,000 and ...
Sri Lankan sloth bear, M. u. inornatus: VU [14] Leopard කොටියා Panthera pardus: Sri Lankan leopard, P. p. kotiya: Endangered Asian palm civet කලවැද්දා Paradoxurus hermaphroditus: LC [15] Golden palm civet ශ්රී ලංකා බොර කලවැද්දා Paradoxurus zeylonensis: VU [16] Rusty-spotted cat
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.
Sri Lankan environmentalist, Dr. Gothamie Weerakoon has discovered 51 new varieties of lichens endemic to Sri Lanka, of which 8 were found in the Knuckles Mountain Range. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] While Dr. Udeni Jayalal et al. found 2 new lichens from the Horton Plains in 2012, Anzia mahaeliyensis and Anzia flavotenuis . [ 27 ]
Sri Lankan axis deer; Sri Lankan elephant; Sri Lankan jackal; Sri Lankan leopard; Sri Lankan long-tailed shrew; Sri Lankan sambar deer; Sri Lankan shrew; Sri Lankan spotted chevrotain; Stripe-necked mongoose