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A guide to
the Reptiles of Sri Lanka - SriLankaReptile.com
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AUTHOR |
Ruchira Somaweera |
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TITLE |
Sri Lankawe Sarpayin (‘The Snakes of Sri Lanka’)
Hardcover. 297 pp. illustrated throughout with line
drawings, and over 100 color plates. Printed on Royal Glossy
Art Paper. Scientific and local language name indexes.
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YEAR PUBLISHED |
2006 |
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PUBLISHER |
Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka (WHT) |
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LANGUAGE |
Sinhala |
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ISBN |
955-911-35-2 |
This book, the
first comprehensive local language guide to the snakes of Sri Lanka,
is aimed at both amateurs and specialists. It concisely
describes all the 98 species of snakes, both terrestrial and marine.
The Identification of a species has made easy through photographs of
most of the colour variations and phases, close-up shots of the
head, colour codes for venom group and family and through
user-friendly field keys. Each species account includes synonyms,
identification (based on morphology, scalation, colouration and
size), natural history, venom, food, distribution (locations and a
distribution map) and conservation status. The book also contains
detailed sections on the natural history of snakes, snake studies in
Sri Lanka, snake bites and treatment, conservation of snakes and an
up-to-date, complete checklist of the snakes of Sri Lanka.
The aim of the
book is to act as a field guide - a guide to students, teachers,
museum workers and reptile enthusiasts. But above all it is intended
as a practical tool of conservation for the people who live in Sri
Lanka a message that is reinforced throughout.
 
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