A study on habitat use and activity budget of the land monitor Varanus bengalensis was conducted from August 2004 to February 2005 inside the university premises of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Colombo, Sri Lanka. ...

Tree cavities play a critical role in the life history of cavity-using species and thus are an important structural feature of forests. This is the first study to address cavity resources in tropical montane cloud forests ...

A study on avifaunal species richness and the species diversity at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka was carried out with the objective of identification of the bird species inhabiting the ...

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Habitat preference of Adenomus kelaartii which is an endemic species of Sri Lanka was studied at Thotaha stream in Yagirala Forest Reserve in the low country wet zone from July to September 2014. Nine 3x3 m2 quadrates were ...

This study was conducted at the Bellanwila-Attidiya Sanctuary (06°50’N 79°54’E) of western Province Sri Lanka from January 2013 to December 2013. Varanus salvator (Squamata: Varanidae) is a monitor lizard commonly inhabiting ...

Diurnal Avifaunal species richness, diversity and density was studied along the Bolgoda Canal in Bellanwila- Attidiya Marsh from June 2005 to February 2006 using the fixed distance line transect method. Six line transects ...

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The nuchal glands are unique organs embedded under the skin of the neck region, in 13 species of natricine snakes distributed from Southeast Asia, Japan, China, to South Asia. In Sri Lanka, of the presently known 105 species ...

An adult 267 1/2 cm long, early gravid female saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) found dead in an anthropogenic habitat in a small road side stream at western province, Sri Lanka. The crocodile while catching a bird ...