Category
page 1Reptiles of Sri Lanka
Crocodylus porosus
species of reptile
Indus Crocodile
species of reptile
Indian cobra
species of reptile
Python molurus
species of snake
Asian water monitor
species of reptile
Bungarus
Bungarus (commonly known as kraits ) is a genus of venomous snakes in the family Elapidae. The genus is native to Asia. Often found on the floor of tropical forests in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Southern China, they are medium-sized, highly venomous snakes with a total length (including tail) typically not exceeding . These are nocturnal ophiophagious predators which prey primarily on other snakes at night, occasionally taking lizards, amphibians and rodents. Most species are with banded patterns acting as a warning sign to their predators. Despite being considered as generally docile and
Daboia russelii
species of venomous snakes
Varanus bengalensis
species of reptile
Common Krait
species of reptile
Indian star tortoise
Species of tortoise native to India/Sri Lanka
Ptyas mucosus
species of reptile
Chrysopelea ornata
species of reptile
Buff striped keelback
species of snake
Ahaetulla
Ahaetulla, commonly referred to as Asian vine snakes or Asian whip snakes, is a genus of colubrid snakes distributed throughout tropical Asia. They are considered by some scientists to be mildly venomous and are what is commonly termed as 'rear-fanged' or more appropriately, opisthoglyphous, meaning their enlarged teeth or fangs, intended to aid in venom delivery, are located in the back of the upper jaw, instead of in the front as they are in vipers or cobras. As colubrids, Ahaetulla do not possess a true venom gland or a sophisticated venom delivery system. The Duvernoy's gland of this genus
Fowlea piscator
species of reptile
Chamaeleo zeylanicus
species of reptile
Lepidodactylus lugubris
species of reptile
Little file snake
species of reptile
blue-lipped sea krait
species of sea snake
Lycodon aulicus
species of reptile
Hypnale
Common names: hump-nosed vipers, hump-nosed pit vipers.
Hypnale hypnale
Hypnale hypnale
Oligodon arnensis
species of reptile
Atretium schistosum
species of reptile
Lycodon striatus
species of reptile
Boiga ceylonensis
species of reptile
Macropisthodon plumbicolor
species of reptile
Calotes calotes
species of reptile
Dendrelaphis tristis
species of reptile
Sitana ponticeriana
species of reptile
Stokes's sea snake
species of reptile
Hypnale nepa
species of reptile
Boiga forsteni
species of reptile
Ceratophora stoddartii
species of reptile
Dendrelaphis bifrenalis
species of reptile
Hemidactylus depressus
species of reptile
Eutropis macularia
species of reptile
Gerarda prevostiana
species of reptile
Aspidura trachyprocta
species of reptile
Hemidactylus scabriceps
species of reptile
Calliophis melanurus
species of reptile
Calotes liolepis
species of reptile
Chrysopelea taprobanica
species of reptile
Hydrophis viperinus
species of reptile
Hemiphyllodactylus typus
species of reptile
Lycodon carinatus
species of reptile
Hypnale zara
species of reptile
Calodactylodes illingworthorum
species of reptile
Eutropis bibronii
species of reptile
Boiga barnesii
species of reptile
Balanophis ceylonensis
species of reptile
Sibynophis subpunctatus
species of reptile
Hemidactylus lankae
species of reptile
Aspidura copei
species of reptile
Hemidactylus parvimaculatus
species of reptile
Liopeltis calamaria
species of reptile
Lankascincus fallax
species of reptile
Geckoella triedrus
species of reptile
Sri Lankan flapshell turtle
species of reptile
Ophisops leschenaultii
species of reptile