Name: Robiquetia brevifoliaFour species of Robiquetia genus are found naturally in Sri Lanka. Among them, Robiquetia brevifolia (Lindl.) is endemic to Sri Lanka. It is seen in mountain forests.
Henckelia angusta is an endemic herb found on rocky surfaces of shady sreams. It has been restricted to lowland forests of southwestern part of Sri Lanka.
English: Erdelen's horn lizardSinhala: අර්ඩලන්ගේ අං කටුස්සාBinomial name: Ceratophora erdeleniErdelen's horned lizard is a species of lizards found in the eastern part of Sinharaja. Population of this lizard has been restricted to a very limited area in the Morningside and Rakwana region of Sinharaja. Although it is called a horned lizard, it does not always have a prominent horn. A ...
Binomial Name: Gordonia dassanayakeiSinhala: දසනායකගේ මිහිරිය[Dasanayakage Mihiriya] Gordonia dassanayakei (දසනායකගේ මිහිරිය) is a relatively rare species of tree confined to montane forests.
Binomial: Impatiens henslowianaEnglish: Impatiens Sinhala: කූඩලු[Kudalu]Impatiens henslowiana grows in Sri Lankan rain forests where elevation level is between 900-2000m.
English: Merrem's hump-nosed viperSinhala: කුණකටුවා / පොලොන් තෙලිස්සා [Kunakatuwua/Polon thelissa]Binomial name: Hypnale hypnaleHypnale hypnale (Merrem's hump-nosed viper) is a venomous pit viper species found in Sri Lanka and India. Based on the taxonomic revisions done so far, have stated that there are four species that belong to the genus Hypnale which live in Sri Lanka (Including possibly new species ...
English: Rohan’s Globular FrogSinhala: රොහාන්ගේ මොට හොඹු මැඩියා[Rohange motahombu madiya]Binomial: Uperodon rohani Taxonomic revision done in the genus Uperadon describes that previously known amphibian Uperodon variegatus of Sri Lanka as a new species and it was named as Uperadon rohani. Also it is said that this species is endemic to Sri Lanka. Species name ‘rohani’ has been used in honor ...
English: Handapan ella shrub frogSinhala: හඳපාන් ඇල්ල පැදුරු මැඩියා[Handapan ella panduru madiya]Binomial: Pseudophilautus lunatus Pseudophilautus lunatus was first described in 2005 using a specimen found in Hadapan Ella near Suriyakanda in the Eastern Sinharaja area. Species name ‘Lunatus’ has the meaning of ‘Moon’. The species-epithet lunatus derives from Lunar which is a Latin word for moon. That word alludes to ...
English: Dumbara corrugated frogSinhala: ඩිල්මා පදුරු මැඩියා[Dilmah panduru madiya]Binomial: Pseudophilautus dilmah Lulkandura Estate, known as the first tea plantation of Sri Lanka was first established by Mr. James Taylor in 1867. Even though most of the natural forests in the Loolkandura were cut down for early tea cultivation long time ago, only a small portion of the original cover still ...
Binomial name: Temnophylloides astridulaTemnophylloides astridula is a leaf mimicking katydid resides in lowland wet zone. Genus Temnophylloides is monotypic and endemic to Sri Lanka. Family which this katydid belongs to has been diversified from others about 200-150 million years ago in the jurassic.
English: Dumbara corrugated frogSinhala: දුම්බර වකරැලි මැඩියා [Dumbara wakareli madiya]Binomial: Lankanectes peraFor more than 150 years, it was believed that the genus Lankanectes is monotypic and the genus consists of a one species named, Lankanectes corrugatus. But later, a group of researchers observed an amphibian in Knuckles mountains that was very similar to previously known L. corrugatus, but having some ...
English: Mihintale Red Narrow-mouthed Frog Sinhala: මිහින්තලය රතු මුව පටු මැඩියා [Mihinthalaya rathu muwa-patu madiya]Binomial: Microhyla mihintaleiMihintale Red Narrow-mouthed Frog(Microhyla mihintalei) is an endemic frog and it was described recently (2016) with the help of specimens collected from dry zone of Sri Lanka including Mihinthale. The species was named after Mihintale which is one of the world’s earliest documented ...
English: Rough-horn lizardSinhala:රළු අංකටුස්සා[Ralu Ankatussa]Binomial: Ceratophora asperaCeratophora aspera, an edemic horn bearing lizard was first described by Albert Günther in 1864.Several theories have been suggested to describe the evolutionary purpose of the horn of these agamid lizards.One such hypothesis suggests that it is used for the purpose of communication within the species. Also it is said that more larger and ...
English: Sri Lankan kraitSinhala:මුදු කරවලා[Mudu Karawala]Binomial: Bungarus ceylonicusBungarus ceylonicus(Sri Lankan krait ,මුදු කරවලා), is a relatively rare, deadly venomous and endemic elapid snake found mainly in wet and intermediate zones of the island. They live in undisturbed forests, but sometimes in anthropogenic habitats. It has a black, shiny skin crossed with thick white transverse bands that get disappeared with the ...
