Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

A very common, non-venomous , terrestrial snake occurs in secondary forests and anthropogenic areas from low country to the hills up to abo...

 වැඩුණු සතුන් සෙන්ටිමීටර 26 සිට 31 පමණ දිග කුඩා, නිර්විෂ, මෙරටට ආවේනික භෞමික සර්පයෙකි පුල්ලි දත් කැටියා. දිවා කාලයේ හැසිරෙන සර්පයෙකු වන අතර ...

An endemic Non venomous snake occurs in all parts of the island up to about 2000 m a.s.l. Rather common in urban and sub urban areas. It...

Streaked Kukri Snake is a small  (26-31 cm in length)  non-venomous and terrestrial snake endemic to the  Sri Lanka . It is diurnal ...

The Trinket snake is a common non-venomous, terrestrial snake widely distributed in lowlands up to about 600m elevation. It can be fou...

Rat snake is the second largest snake in the country with some specimens observed with 3000mm long while many exceed 2400mm in length...

Shaw’s Wolf Snake is a small (100-400mm) terrestrial and nocturnal snake distributed mostly in wet zone though occurs rarely also in ...

Diurnal and non-venomous snake recorded from  wet and intermediate zones of lowlands to mid hills. However there are references of find...

Mildly venomous snake of gardens, forests, scrublands, cultivation etc. from lowlands to about 1000 m a.s.l of the hill country.  Arbor...

Non–venomous arboreal snake inhabiting forest and open areas of all climatic zones of island from lowlands to about 750m a.s.l. Diurn...