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The Sri Lanka grey hornbill is a large bird at 45 centimetres (18 in) in length. It has grey wings with black primary flight feathers, a grey back, and a brown crown. Its long tail is blackish with white sides, and the underparts are white. The long, curved bill has no casque. Sexes are similar, although the male has a cream-coloured bill ...
Boiga ceylonensis (Sri Lanka cat snake) is a species of rear-fanged, mildly venomous, ... Frank 1921 Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R ...
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 tree hole or a crevice. It’s a very timid and a mildly venomous snake and rarely attempts to bite.
Good news: “Snake plants are fairly resistant to pests,” Margareta tells us, however they can occasionally fall victim to common household plant invaders like spider mites, gnats, and mealybugs.
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 ]
A juvenile Ceylon krait with prominent banding. Bungarus ceylonicus, the Ceylon krait or Sri Lankan krait, [2] is a species of venomous elapid snake which is endemic to the island Sri Lanka, locally known as මුදු කරවලා (mudu karawalaa).
Hypnale hypnale is a venomous pit viper species endemic to India and Sri Lanka. [1] Common names include the hump-nosed viper , [ 2 ] Merrem's hump-nosed viper [ 3 ] hump-nosed pit viper , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and Oriental hump-nosed viper .
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]