However, it lost its prestigious endemic status in 1984 as its presence was reported in India by two scientists there. But thanks to a study done by the Herpetological Foundation of Sri Lanka it has ...

Gunawardene. Such illegal trade takes on a dangerous dimension because 25% of all species, both animals and plants, in Sri Lanka are endemic. The endemicity of certain classes of animals is ...

Supported by the Darwin Initiative we are building on our earlier projects with conservation work in Sri Lanka that we hope will serve ... habitats as reservoirs of native species. These transformed ...

Sri Lanka is home to some unique, endemic plant species which cannot be found anywhere else on this planet but statistics ...

Forest fragmentation is considered one of the main threats to biodiversity. Many believe this primarily affects small ...

The purple-faced langur (Semnopithecus vetulus) is endemic to Sri Lanka, meaning it is found nowhere else in the world. Known ...

The Beddagana Wetland Park sitting on an 18-hectare area about 3 km east of the Colombo commercial hub in Sri Lanka provides a home for a wide varie ...