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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 following is a list of colubrid snakes of South Asia, primarily covering the region covered by mainland India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, parts of Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Island chains.
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.
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, 1758) Hardwicke's spine-bellied seasnake Lapemis hardwickii Gray, 1834; Annulated sea snake Hydrophis cyanocinctus Persian Gulf ...
Boiga ceylonensis (Sri Lanka cat snake) is a species of rear-fanged, mildly venomous, nocturnal, arboreal colubrid snake endemic to Sri Lanka. [ 2 ] Description
Rhinophis is a genus of nonvenomous shield-tail snakes found in Sri Lanka and South India. [2] Currently, 24 species (with no subspecies) are recognized in this genus. Of the 24 species, 18 are endemic to Sri Lanka , while six are endemic to South India .
Ahaetulla nasuta, also known as Sri Lankan green vine snake and long-nosed whip snake, is a venomous, slender green tree snake endemic to Sri Lanka. Etymology [ edit ]
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.