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Tickell's Bat (Hesperoptenus tickelli)Observer
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Photograph by Kuldeep Gamit and Nitesh Gamit.
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Western Purple-faced Langur (Semnopithecus vetulus ssp. nestor)Observer
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Genus MecopodaObserver
pasindu_dilshanDescription
My grandmother(Kiri amma)showed me this one.Normally she doesn't like animals like snakes and also she doesn't like me to catch them.But,she loves these kinda innocent animals very well.When she found this,she asked me that whether you wanted it.And she took me into the house and showed me this one near her cupboard.
I think,this observation will mention me about her in future when I check these observations. :-)
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Giant Huntsman Spiders (Genus Heteropoda)Observer
shaveen_madushkaDescription
Observed closer to a water stream
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Pacific Giant Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes)Observer
ilockwoodDescription
This individual was found at school (or his home) by Tithira Gunasekera. Help with holding lights thanks to Digo Shelbin. I'm afraid that lots of snap shots appeared of this individual as my whole class was excited to document it.
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Genus CaridinaObserver
sanjaya_kanishkaDescription
Rostrum shape is similar to C.simoni, gracilipes and zeylanica
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pieterprinsDescription
This crab was walking in the forest after a rain storm.
It could be Ceylonthelphusa cavatrix, of which the only recorded location is at Puwakpitiya, about 6 kms away from where this crab was photographed. See Ng & Tay, 2001, The freshwater crabs of Sri Lanka, pp. 155-56.
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Tailed Cellar Spider (Crossopriza lyoni)Observer
sanjaya_kanishkaDescription
feeding on a newly born tailless whip scorpion (
Phrynichidae), an old observation
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Genus ColopsusObserver
pasindu_dilshanDescription
symbiotic relationship between Colopsus sp. male and diptera sp. This is the first photographic evidence of this spider+diptera symbiotic relationship of Colopsus sp.
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Genus DiaphanesObserver
dammikaDate
Missing DateDescription
By W. M. C. Dammika Wijekoon
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Giant Huntsman Spiders (Genus Heteropoda)Observer
pieterprinsDescription
Very large Huntsman spider in house among large rocks, close to rocky mountain stream.
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Southeast Asian Freshwater Crabs (Family Gecarcinucidae)Observer
eamonccorbettDescription
Being eaten by a medium-small water monitor
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Curry-leaf Tortoise Beetle (Silana farinosa)Observer
thilinahettiarachchiDescription
Silana farinosa is recorded as a pest of curry leaves, Murraya koenigii. Very common in every area in Sri Lanka. These chrisomelid beetles spent their entire lives on the leaves. A female laid eggs as an ootheca (see that in last picture). Both adult and larvae act as damaging instars (1st pic and second). In the third picture you can observe the pupa of S. farinosa.
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pieterprinsDescription
In small rock pool in a small forest stream. It was shy and hard to photograph. Captive ones have been photographed very well by the freshwater crab expert Oliver Mengedoht in Germany, who got them from an aquarium fish importer more than 10 years ago. See links below. But I doubt that the identication as Ceylonthelphusa kadambyi is correct since it doesn't match the colouring of this species given in see Ng & Tay, 2001, "The freshwater crabs of Sri Lanka".
Mengedoht's website: https://www.panzerwelten.de/photos/index.php?/category/69
See also: https://www.picuki.com/media/1917454433949046712
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Common Indian Cricket Frog (Minervarya agricola)Observer
pasindu_dilshanDescription
Nigh Safari with dear Uncle😍✨He came from Dubai after two years.He was the one who taught me how to catch frogs when I was 4years😁Those days,I was so afraid of them.but he was a good teacher and taught me how to get them to hands.He is not a zoologist, naturalist or anyone.But,a very good person who coloured our childhood.He taught us how to climb trees,how to ride bicycles,how to swim,how to be with nature.He was the first one who motivated me to observe.When I was 4years old ,everyday he took us for small field trips around our little gardens while we were brushing teeth.😍Those were very lovely memories.So,during those small field trips,he showed us different animals.(Not their species😁Just as a "frog,snake,worm,bird".
Anyway now,I go on small field trips with him during night when I'm free..😁❤️Now,I teach him about animals during night when go out.Thanks to him,we learnt a lot.This observation did with him and here the leg is his leg🙂Thanks again my dear uncle for teaching us those lessons durin my childhood.🙏❤️Love u a lot❤️
©Ajith Chaminda❤️
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Mountain River Prawn (Macrobrachium latimanus)Observer
sanjaya_kanishkaDescription
Adult Male
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Mountain River Prawn (Macrobrachium latimanus)Observer
sanjaya_kanishkaDescription
Adult Female
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Genus ScalidognathusObserver
sakunaDescription
Microhabitat and location are the same as these observations
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144776368
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144775983
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Leaf-running Spiders (Genus Hygropoda)Observer
pieterprinsDescription
Spider hanging from a log in forest stream, with forelegs on the surface of the water. On the fifth picture it hangs onto the stream by a thread from a branch or rock. Taken at night while standing in stream. Its hunting habit suggests that it is belongs to the Nursery Web Spider or Fishing Spider family, Pisauridae, and its long legs suggest a Hygropoda rather than Dolomedes
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Genus ThelcticopisObserver
imeshijDescription
On a small tree from about 1 meter height from the ground at night.
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Ferguson's Tree Frog (Pseudophilautus fergusonianus)Observer
buddi0829Description
Nildiya Pikuna Area
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Manamendra-Arachchi’s Whistling Lizard (Calotes manamendrai)Observer
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Lokuge's Day Gecko (Cnemaspis lokugei)Observer
trcarlisleDescription
Endemic to Sri Lanka
