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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 ...
It is known as Barnes' cat snake in English and panduru mapila-පදුරු මාපිලා in Sinhala. It is a member of the snake family Colubridae . It is distributed in the lowlands and midlands up to approximately 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level, with known localities include Matale , Kandy , Gannoruwa , Gampola , Ambagamuwa ...
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 ]
Segestria senoculata, sometimes known as the snake-back spider, is a species of spider belonging to the family Segestriidae.It has a Palearctic distribution.. The common names of this species (which has a body length of around 9 mm) refer to a row of black spots along the back of the grey abdomen which are thought to resemble the pattern found on some snakes.
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 ...
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).
Here’s a full list of all venomous snakes, facts about each one and where they can each be found: Copperhead Appearance: Copperheads are typically three to four feet, and their coloration can be ...
The black mamba (Dendroaspis polylepis) is a large and highly venomous snake species native to much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is the second longest venomous snake species in the world and is the fastest moving land snake, capable of moving at 4.32 to 5.4 metres per second (16–20 km/h, 10–12 mph).