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What

Webtoe Tree Frog (Pseudophilautus macropus)

Observer

shaveen_madushka

Date

March 2024

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Green-marbled Skipper (Gomalia elma)

Observer

gudrmuel

Date

March 6, 2024 12:03 PM +0530

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Observer

pasindu_dilshan

Date

February 1, 2024 04:42 PM +0530

Description

Observed with @sakuna

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Observer

pasindu_dilshan

Date

February 1, 2024 04:31 PM +0530

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What

Mygalomorphs (Suborder Mygalomorphae)

Date

October 20, 2023 12:40 PM +0530

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What

Brushfooted Trapdoor Spiders (Family Barychelidae)

Observer

talibzuo

Date

February 2024

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Description

?

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Observer

hollythefrog

Date

June 14, 2023 01:45 AM +0530

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What

Brushfooted Trapdoor Spiders (Family Barychelidae)

Observer

saluni

Date

May 3, 2023 08:09 PM +0530

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What

Tarantulas (Family Theraphosidae)

Observer

hollythefrog

Date

June 8, 2023 09:53 PM +0530

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What

Erdelen's Horned Lizard (Ceratophora erdeleni)

Observer

maduka_mayuranga

Date

April 30, 2023 12:01 PM +0530

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Observer

adithyan_a_saj

Date

May 28, 2023 10:09 AM IST

Description

Id credit:Aswathy S

I was chasing Protosticta graveleyi(Pied reedtail damselfly) with my phone to take a picture and they are found in damp rocky/concrete wall outside most of the times. When this damselfly sat another spot of this wall, saw "something" coming out of the moss-lichen patch. When I checked it further with a small stick, i saw this "trapdoor spider".

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What

Willey's Earth Snake (Rhinophis porrectus)

Observer

wasantha_kumara

Date

November 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Description

දික් තුඩුල්ලා Willey's Shieldtail
Rhinophis porrectus ( Wall, 1921)
නිර්විෂ -Non venomous

A). රූප විද්‍යාත්මකව Rhinophis punctatus විශේෂයට සමාන වීම.
B). උදරීය වර්ණය.
C). Rhinophis punctatus විශේෂය සහ Rhinophis porrectus අතර උදරීය කොරළ වලින් පමණක් වෙනස් වීම.

Rhinophis porrectus (දික් තුඩුල්ලා) විශේෂය Uropeltidae කුලයට අයත් Rhinophis ගණයට (Genus) එකට අයත් නිර්විෂ පාංශු වාසී සර්ප විශේෂයකි. Willey's යන නාමය යෙදී ඇත්තේ ප්‍රථම Holotype එකතුව එකතු කරනු ලද්දේ Dr.willeys කියන පුද්ගලයා විසිනි, එය හේතුකොට willeys යන නම යෙදී ඇත. පළමු නිදර්ශකය හමු වී ඇත්තේ පුත්තලම මදුරන්කුලිය ප්‍රදේශයේ, 1903 වසරේදී ය.
රූප විද්‍යාත්මකව Rhinophis punctatus නම් විශේෂයට සමාන උවත් උදරීය කොරළ වලින් වෙනස් වේ. Rhinophis porrectus විශේෂයේ උදරීය කොරළ 281 ක් පමණ පිහිටා ඇත. දැනට හමු වී ඇති නිදර්ශකයේ දිග 355mm කි. නමුත් Rhinophis punctatus විශේෂට වඩා තරමක් දිගින් වැඩි බව පර්‍යේක්ෂක වරුන් පවසති. මධ්‍ය දේහයේ කොරළ 17ක් පිහිටා ඇත. අපැහැදිලි ගෙලක් සහ උල් හොම්බක් පිහිටයි. පෘෂ්ඨීයව තැඹිලි සහ කලු පැහැති ඉරි දැක ගත හැක

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What

Blossom Krait (Rhabdophis ceylonensis)

Observer

shaveen_madushka

Date

January 2023

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Mygalomorphs (Suborder Mygalomorphae)

Observer

viraj7

Date

March 6, 2023 06:00 PM +0530

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Observer

dalek_naturalist

Date

March 23, 2023 04:16 PM +0530

Place

Kandy, LK (Google, OSM)

Description

The spider was found near Tea Heights villa during heavy rain. I pulled it out from a pool. On the ground it was walking slowly.

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What

Sharp-snout Saddled Tree Frog (Taruga longinasus)

Observer

rumethj

Date

February 2023

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Golden Tree Snake (Chrysopelea ornata)

Observer

jatie

Date

February 11, 2023 04:20 PM +0530

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Observer

sakuna

Date

January 2023

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Spider Assassin Bugs (Genus Stenolemus)

Observer

sakuna

Date

January 2023

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Long-nosed Whipsnake (Ahaetulla nasuta)

Observer

sakuna

Date

January 29, 2023 01:24 PM +0530

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Observer

sakuna

Date

December 2022

Description

Same female as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141457116 ,
with her offspring

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Observer

dhanumunasinghe

Date

September 29, 2016

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Observer

sakuna

Date

January 2023

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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Observer

sakuna

Date

December 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Description

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What

Brushfooted Trapdoor Spiders (Family Barychelidae)

Observer

sakuna

Date

December 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Description

1.-Frontal aspect 2.-Lateral aspect 3.-Dorsal aspect 4.-Ventral aspect
5.-Ventral aspect 6.-Ventral aspect 7.-Eye arrangement

Microhabitat and location are the same as these observations
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144776012
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144775983

I'll add more details later

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Observer

nuwan

Date

November 6, 2022 12:27 PM +0530

Description

I found this spider underside of a rock when I flip it to find scorpions. the nest has two openings at the front and back

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What

Lake Clam Shrimp (Cyclestheria hislopi)

Date

December 7, 2022 09:22 PM +0530

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What

Common Rough-sided Snake (Aspidura trachyprocta)

Observer

sakuna

Date

November 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Common Rough-sided Snake (Aspidura trachyprocta)

Observer

sakuna

Date

November 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Common Rough-sided Snake (Aspidura trachyprocta)

Observer

sakuna

Date

November 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Common Rough-sided Snake (Aspidura trachyprocta)

Observer

sakuna

Date

November 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Tikiri Keelback (Fowlea unicolor)

Observer

saluni

Date

November 2, 2022

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Date

March 29, 2021 04:14 PM +0530

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Observer

sakuna

Date

November 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Elephant Emperor (Anax indicus)

Observer

sakuna

Date

November 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Long-nosed Whipsnake (Ahaetulla nasuta)

Observer

sakuna

Date

November 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Leaf-nosed Lizard (Ceratophora tennentii)

Observer

pasindu_dilshan

Date

December 2020

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Description

On 30.12.2021, I went on a trip to Riverstone ,Sri Lanka..... I studied about all the point endemic animals and got some informations from some university students about the bio diversity of the site before went there.....Actually ,it was a family trip.....Among all the cousins,I was the one and only one who wanted to see the point endemics or anyone that I would be interested....I went there around 1 p.m and searched everwhere that I could.... Lastly found this lovely and cool lizard..... After saw it ,I was very happy and I kept looking at it around 15 minutes .....So,I got few photos(Used NIKON P950) and suddenly started to rain there.....Then,I said good bye to this cool friend and started the hike again !!!!

This is the first Ceratophora tennentii that I saw and I love to observe these ones again in nearby future!!!!!

Pasindu Dilshan .

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎🦎

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Observer

sakuna

Date

November 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Description

This spider was found inside its trap-door retreat, made under the bark of a කෝං(schleichera oleosa) tree, 1.5-2m above ground. The spider and its retreat were safely removed along with the piece of bark it was attached and the spider was gently extracted from its trap using a pair of forceps. after photographing, It was returned to its retreat and the piece of bark was safely attached to the tree.
1.-Dorsal aspect 2.-Dorsal aspect 3.-Retreat 4.-Retreat (Arrows indicate the doors) 5.-Front door 6.-Front door 7.-Back door 8.-Ventral aspect 9.-Ventral aspect 10.-Eye arrangement 11.-Eye arrangement 12.-Scopula 13.-Fangs 14.-Ventral aspect(Epigynum?) 15.-Ventral aspect(Epigynum?) 16.-Retreating 17.-Retreating 18.-Microhabitat
Some notes on behaviour- Was quite docile and didn't try to bite. When disturbed, ran to find a corner of the container that I used to keep it when photographing.

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What

Fringed Ornamental Tarantula (Poecilotheria ornata)

Observer

danzidro

Date

August 20, 2015 05:17 PM +0530

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What

Sri Lankan Green Pit Viper (Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus)

Observer

richardstr

Date

November 7, 2022 08:44 AM +0530

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Observer

sakuna

Date

November 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Description

Species ID was confirmed.
My previous observation-https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138092329

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What

Asian Bockadam (Cerberus rynchops)

Observer

maduka_mayuranga

Date

November 2, 2022 11:30 AM +0530

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What

Large Oakblue (Arhopala amantes)

Observer

jatie

Date

October 24, 2022 03:32 PM +0530

Description

1000th observation,

Large Oakblue Larva attended by Red weaver ant.

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What

Common Rough-sided Snake (Aspidura trachyprocta)

Observer

sakuna

Date

October 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Description

My biggest A.trachyprocta to date. SVL is roughly 39cm.

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What

Rhino Horn Lizard (Ceratophora stoddartii)

Observer

sakuna

Date

October 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Black-cheek Lizard (Calotes nigrilabris)

Observer

sakuna

Date

October 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Common Rough-sided Snake (Aspidura trachyprocta)

Observer

sakuna

Date

October 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

Observer

sakuna

Date

October 1, 2022 11:05 AM +0530

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Observer

sakuna

Date

October 2, 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Tailless Whipscorpions (Order Amblypygi)

Observer

pasindu_dilshan

Date

September 29, 2022 07:48 PM +0530

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Large Guava Blue (Virachola perse)

Observer

nmgvdp

Date

July 10, 2013 05:17 PM +0530

Description

The female Large Guava Blue (Virachola perse) lays its eggs on the outside of the fruit of Catunaregam spinosa; when the larva hatches, it bores into the fruit and consumes the pulp from the inside.Adult: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113136;
Larva: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113274;
Pupa: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113320

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What

Large Guava Blue (Virachola perse)

Observer

nmgvdp

Date

June 27, 2007 10:06 AM +0530

Description

The larva of the Large Guava Blue (Virachola perse) feeds from the inside on the pulp of the fruit of Catunaregam spinosa (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132252852). Adult: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113136;
Egg: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113212; Pupa: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113320. Fruit has been cut open to show the larva.

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What

Large Guava Blue (Virachola perse)

Observer

nmgvdp

Date

June 30, 2007 10:13 AM +0530

Description

Pupa of the Large Guava Blue (Virachola perse); formed inside the fruit of the larval food plant, Catunaregam spinosa. Adult exits through a hole that was made by the larva and covered with a protective webbing. Adult: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113136;
Egg: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113212;
Larva: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113274

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What

Indian Cobra (Naja naja)

Observer

sakuna

Date

September 29, 2022 06:16 PM +0530

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What

Russell's Viper (Daboia russelii)

Observer

sakuna

Date

September 30, 2022 04:52 PM +0530

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What

Sri Lankan Flying Snake (Chrysopelea taprobanica)

Observer

sakuna

Date

October 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Sri Lankan Flying Snake (Chrysopelea taprobanica)

Observer

sakuna

Date

October 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Boulenger's Bronzeback (Dendrelaphis bifrenalis)

Observer

sakuna

Date

September 29, 2022 09:09 AM +0530

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Observer

sakuna

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Tawny Rajah (Charaxes bernardus)

Observer

pradeep_hewage

Date

September 18, 2022 11:59 AM +0530

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What

Tailless Whipscorpions (Order Amblypygi)

Observer

sakuna

Date

August 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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Observer

sakuna

Date

August 2022

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What

Duméril's Kukri Snake (Oligodon sublineatus)

Observer

sakuna

Date

August 2022

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What

Aberrant Oakblue (Arhopala abseus)

Observer

abcdefgewing

Date

April 19, 2010 09:43 AM +0530

Place

Sinharaja (Google, OSM)

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What

Sri Lankan Green Pit Viper (Craspedocephalus trigonocephalus)

Observer

abcdefgewing

Date

April 18, 2010 02:13 PM +0530

Place

Sinharaja (Google, OSM)

Description

Endemic to Sri Lanka. Called pala polonga in Sinhalese.

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What

Sharp-snout Saddled Tree Frog (Taruga longinasus)

Observer

sanjaya_kanishka

Date

August 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

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What

Mendis' Shieldtail (Rhinophis mendisi)

Observer

sanjaya_kanishka

Date

August 29, 2022 05:16 PM +0530

Description

From the type locality, R.mendisi superficially resembles R.homolepis but has less number of ventrals and lateral markings are bit narrow

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What

Gloyd's Hump-nosed Viper (Hypnale nepa)

Observer

sakuna

Date

August 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Long-nosed Whipsnake (Ahaetulla nasuta)

Observer

sakuna

Date

August 11, 2022 08:45 AM +0530

Photos / Sounds

What

Ceylon Tiger (Parantica taprobana)

Observer

sakuna

Date

August 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Ceylon Tiger (Parantica taprobana)

Observer

sakuna

Date

August 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Banded Redeye (Gangara lebadea)

Observer

nuwan

Date

August 7, 2022 01:34 PM +0530

Photos / Sounds

What

Ceylon Tiger (Parantica taprobana)

Observer

sakuna

Date

June 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Description

Egg-laying on Asclepias curassavika (Kankubala) plant

Photos / Sounds

What

Ceylon Tiger (Parantica taprobana)

Observer

sakuna

Date

June 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Ceylon Tiger (Parantica taprobana)

Observer

nmgvdp

Date

March 2007

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Description

The larva of Parantica taprobana feeds on the leaves of Ceropegia elegans (www.inaturalist.org/observations/124686561) and Cynanchum alatum (www.inaturalist.org/observations/124687250)

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What

Small Leopard (Phalanta alcippe)

Observer

nmgvdp

Date

March 30, 2007 11:12 AM +0530

Description

Larva feeds on the leaves of Rinorea decora (www.inaturalist.org/observations/124240809)

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What

Ceylon Tiger (Parantica taprobana)

Observer

szimpla

Date

February 2019

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Ceylon Tiger (Parantica taprobana)

Observer

szimpla

Date

February 2019

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Common Rough-sided Snake (Aspidura trachyprocta)

Observer

sakuna

Date

June 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Painted Bat (Kerivoula picta)

Observer

sakuna

Date

January 2, 2022 03:11 PM +0530

Description

2nd photo shows the habitat where it was roosting.

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What

Fiery Emperor (Anax immaculifrons)

Observer

sakuna

Date

June 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)

Photos / Sounds

What

Common Rough-sided Snake (Aspidura trachyprocta)

Observer

sakuna

Date

June 2022

Place

Sri Lanka (Google, OSM)