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Scientific Name : Boiga Beddomei
Kingdom : Animalia
Class: Reptilia
Family : Colubridae
About : Boiga commonly known as beddome s cat snake is a species of rear fanged snak in the family colubridae . the species is endmic to the western ghats of india in maharashtra gujarata and goa states.
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Class : Reptilia
Family : Colubridae
Kingdom : Animlia
About : The green vine snake is diurnal and mildly venomous. the reptile normally feeds on frogs and lizads it s binocular vision to hunt. they are slow moving relying on camouflaging as a vine in foliage.the snake expands its body when disturbed to show a black and white scale marking.
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Scientific Name : Boiga Trigonata
Family : Colubridae
Class : Reptilia
Kingdom : Animalia
About : There are 229-269 ventral scales 79-92 divided subcaudal scales and a single anal scale.boiga trigonata has a yellowish olive or pale grey colour along the back and a white black edged zigzag band along the edged with black diverging posteriorly.
Common Name: Beaked Sea Snake
Scientific Name: Hydrophis cyanocinctus
Animal Family: Elapidae
Description: Adults typically range from 1 to 1.2 meters in length. There aren't significant visual differences between male and female Beaked Sea Snakes.
Found where: They can be found in the coastal water and coral reefs around Sri Lanka.
Habitat: They inhabit coral reefs, coastal water, and estuaries.
Food: Beaked Sea Snakes primarily feed on small fish and eels.
Common Name: Slender Coral Snake
Scientific Name: Calliophis melanurus
Animal Family: Elapidae
Description: Typically around 50-70 cm in length. Generally similar in appearance.
Found Where: They are especially in the wet zone and intermediate zone of Sri Lanka.
Habitat: Found in forests areas.
Food: Feeds mainly on small reptiles and amphibians.
Common Name: Oriental rat snake
Scientific Name: Ptyas mucosa
Animal Family: Colubridae
Description: Typically around 5 to 8 cm in length
Found where: The Oriental rat snake can be found across various ecological zones in Sri Lanka. These zones include the wet zone, dry zone, and intermediate zone.
Habitat: They inhabit various environments, including forests, grasslands, and urban areas.
Food: They feed on insects such as beetles and ants.
Scientific Name: Dendrelaphis schokari
Animal Name: Colubridae
Description: They are relatively small snakes, typically ranging from 60 to 100 cm in length. In terms of sexual dimorphism, male Schokari's bronzeback snake tend to have slightly longer tails compared to females.
Found where: Schokari's bronzeback snake are found wet, intermediate, and dry zones in Sri Lanka.
Habitat: Their habitat includes a variety of environment such as forests, plantations, gardens, and rural areas.
Food: They primarily feed on small vertebrates such as lizard, frogs, and occasionally small birds.
Common Name: Templeton's kukri snake
Scientific Name: Oligodon templetoni
Animal Familiy: Colubridae
Description: They are relatively small snakes, typically ranging from 30 to 50 cm in length. In terms of sexual dimorphism, male Templeton's kukri snake tend to have slightly longer tails compared to females.
Found where: Templeton's kukri snake are found in Sri Lanka, particularly in the lowland rainforest and wet zone areas.
Habitat: Their habitat includes dense vegetation, such as forests, shrubs, and gardens, where they can find shelter and prey.
Food: They primarily feed on small vertebrates, such as lizard and frogs.
Common Name: Sri Lankan Hump-nosed Viper
Scientific Name: Hypnale hypnale
Animal Family: Viperidae
Description: The vipers typically range in size from 50-70 cm in length. One of the main differences is in size, with females generally being lager and bulkier than males. Additionally, male Hump-nosed Vipers typically have longer tails relative to their body size compared to females. Coloration and pattern may also vary slightly between the sexes, with males sometimes having brighter or more vivid marking.
Found where: Lives in the lowlands of Sri Lanka
Habitat: They are found in various habitats throughout Sri Lanka, including forests, plantation, and gardens.
Food: Their diet mainly consists of small mammals, amphibians, and reptiles.
Common Name: Buff Striped Keelback
Scientific Name: Amphiesma stolatum
Animal Family: Colubridae
Description: Typically measures around 40-60cm in length. In the Buff Striped Keelback sexual dimorphism is not very pronounced. Both male and female individuals typically have similar appearances in terms of size, coloration, and body structure. Distinguishing between males and females based solely on physical characteristics can be challenging.
Found where: In Sri Lanka, they are found in the jungles, or in the interior of the country.
Habitat: The Buff Striped Keelback can be found in a range of habitats including lowland rainforests, marshes, swamps, grasslands, and agricultural areas.
Food: The diet of the Buff Striped Keelback primarily consists of amphibians such as toads, along with small fish.
Common Name: Green Vine Snake
Scientific Name: Ahaetulla nasuta
Animal Family: Colubridae
Description: Average length 120cm. Maximum length 200cm. There are some subtle difference between males and female. Female tend to be slightly larger than males especially in terms of body length. Some males may have slightly broader heads than females, but difference can be subtle. In some cases, there might be slight difference in coloration or pattern between males and females, but this can vary.
Found where: Ahaetulla nasuta is endemic to the Central and Southwestern wet zone of Sri Lanka.
Habitat: Found in low bushes, shrubs and trees in lowland forest terrain at elevations up to about 1000 meteres, particular near streams and often found near human settlements.
Food: They normally feed on frogs amd lizard using their binocular vision to hunt.
Common Name: Forsten's cat snake
Scientific Name: Boiga forsteni
Animal Family: Colubridae
Description: It is the largest among Cat Snakes and can grow up to 230cm. But generally found in 120-150cm range. This species is sexually dichromatic, males are green and females are brown in colour.
Found where: We can found this wonderful snake at Yala National Park.
Habitat: The preferred habitats of Boiga forsteni are lowland forests and agricultural areas.
Food: Boiga forsteni preys on lizards, snakes, birds, bats, and rodents.
Common Name: Sri Lanka Cat Snake
Scientific Name: Boiga ceylonensis
Animal Family: Colubridae
Description: They are about 4 feet long from tip to tip with the tail 10 inches. In Boiga ceylonensis, also known as the Sri Lankan Cat Snake, sexual dimorphism is not very pronounced. Both males and females typically have similar appearance in terms of size, coloration, and body structure. Therefore, distinguishing between males and body females based on physical characteristics alone can be challenging.
Founded where: The dry lowlands, the wet zone and up to about 450meters in the hills.
Habitat: Lives in dense vegetation including bushes and trees of hills.
Food: Feeds mainly on lizards, birds, rodents, bats, frogs etc.
Scientific Name: Boiga barnseii
Animal Family: Colubridae
Description: It is the smallest cat snake in Sri Lanka and grows up to a maximum of about 600mm (24 in) in snout-length. The male and female Boiga barnesii, also known as Barnes' Cat Snake, typically have similar appearances. However, in many snake species, males tend to be slightly smaller and simmer than females, but this may not always be the case. Additionally, in some species, males may have slightly longer tails or5 broader heads compared to females, but these differences can be subtle and vary among individuals.
Founded where: Some snakes are founded in all parts of the country form the seas surrounding the island to the highest point- Horton Plains.
Habitat: They are live in a wide variety of habitats including forests, swamps, grasslands, deserts amd in both fresh amd salt water.
Food: Being a nocturnal and an arboreal hunter, it mainly feeds on agamid lizards and geckos.
Common Name: Sri Lankan green pit viper
Scientific Name: Trimeresurus trigonocephalus
Animal Family: Viperidae
Description: 20-25cm (7.9-9.8 in) at birth, and males grow to a maximum total length of 60-75cm (24-30 in). Generally, female tend to be larger and bulkier compared to males. While both sexes have similar coloration patterns, females may sometimes display slightly difference hues or patterns, but this can vary.
Found where: All climatic zones of the island except at high elevations and in the arid zones.
Habitat: This sluggish pit viper is usually encountered on low shrubs during morning hours, but it mostly occupies in grasslands and rain forests.
Food: Feeds on frogs, lizards, birds, small mammals, and birds.
Common Name: Ceylon krait / Sri Lankan krait
Scientific Name: Bungarus ceylonicus
Animal Family: Elapidae
Description: The average adult length for this species is 75cm (291/2inch) with 90cm (351/2 in) being the upper limit. There may be slightly differences in size, with female potentially being slightly larger or smaller than male4s, but this can vary and it not a reliable distinguishing. Both males and females typically have similar black and white banding patterns along their bodies.
Found where: In the wet zone of the island
Habitat: In shaded home gardens, plantations and rainforests.
Food: They are terrestrial, feeding mainly on other snakes but also on frogs, lizards, and small mammals.
