Reptiles Observed At Wilpattu National Park Photo Gallery

SNAKES

(Names based on Snakes of Sri Lanka by Ruchira Somaweera)

* Endemic
** Endemic Subspecies

  1. Beddome’s Cat Snake Boiga beddomei
  2. Boulenger’s Bronze-back Dendrelaphis bifrenalis
  3. Common Bridle Snake Dryocalamus nympha
  4. Common Bronze-back Dendrelaphis tristis
  5. Common Indian Krait Bungarus caeruleus
  6. Common Wolf Snake Lycodon aulicus
  7. Flowery Wolf Snake Lycodon osmanhilli
  8. Forsten’s Cat Snake Boiga forsteni
  9. Sri Lankan Green Pit Viper Peltopelor trigonocephalus
  10. Green Vine Snake Ahaetulla nasuta
  11. Indian Cobra Naja naja
  12. Indian Rock Python Python molurus molurus
  13. Merrem’s Hump-nosed Pit Viper Hypnale Hypnale
  14. Reed Snake Liopeltis calamaria
  15. Sri Lanka Rat Snake Ptyas mucosa maximus **
  16. Sri Lankan Flying Snake Chrysopelea taprobanica *
  17. Sri Lankan Keelback Xenochrophis piscator *
  18. Trinket Snake Coelognathus Helena

 

AGAMID LIZARDS (Agamidae)

(Common names based on Lizards of Sri Lanka – A Colour Guide with Field Keys – Ruchira & Nilusha Somaweera)

  1. Common Graden Lizard Calotes versicolor
  2. Devaka’s Fan-throat Lizard Sitana devakai*
  3. Green Garden lizard Calotes calotes
  4. Lowland Kangaroo Lizard Otocryptis nigristigma *
  5. Painted-lip-Lizard Calotes ceylonensis *

 

CHAMAELEONS (Chamaeleonidae)

1. Sri Lanka Chameleon Chamaeleo zeylanicus

 

GECKOS (Gekkonidae)

  1. Bark Gecko Hemidactylus leschenaultia
  2. Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus
  3. Four-claw Gecko Gehyra mutilate
  4. Kandyan Gecko Hemidactylus depressus *
  5. Spotted House Gecko  Hemidactylus brookii parvimaculatus
  6. Termite-hill Gecko Hemidactylus triedrus lankae

 

SKINKS (Scincidae)

  1. Bronzegreen Little Skink Eutrophis macularia macularia
  2. Common Skink Eutropis  carinata lankae **
  3. Spotted Skink Eutropis Madaraszi

 

MONITOR LIZARDS (Varanidae)

  1. Land Monitor Varanus bengalensis
  2. Water Monitor Varanus salvator

 

CROCODILES (Crocodylidae)

  1. Mugger Crocodile Crocodylus paluster

 

ASIAN POND TURTLES (Bataguridae)

  1. Sri Lanka Black Turtle Melanochelys trijuga thermalis

 

LAND TORTOISES (Testuinidae)

1. Star Tortoise Geochelone elegans

 

SOFTSHELL TORTOISES  (Trionychidae)

1. Sri Lankan Flapshell Turtle Lissemys ceylonensis**