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Species

198 species
Photo English සිංහල தமிழ் Scientific name IUCN Endemic
Puran Appu’s Shrub Frog පුරාන් අප්පුගේ පඳුරු ගෙම්බා — Pseudophilautus puranappu EN Endemic
Purple-faced Langur කළු වඳුරා ஊதா முக இலைக் குரங்கு Semnopithecus vetulus EN Endemic
Rakwana Whipping Frog රක්වාන කස ගෙම්බා ரக்வானை சாட்டைத் தவளை Taruga fastigo EN Endemic
Rammale Round-Eyed Gecko රම්මලේ රවුම් ඇස් හූනා ராம்மலே உருண்டைக் கண் பல்லி Cnemaspis rammalensis CR Endemic
Ratnapura Shadowdamsel රත්නපුර සෙවන ඉදිකටු මැස්සා — Ceylonosticta mirifica CR Endemic
Red Slender Loris රත් උණහපුළුවා சிவப்புத் தேவாங்கு Loris tardigradus EN Endemic
Red-Faced Malkoha වත රතු මල් කොහා செம்முகப் பூங்குயில் Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus VU Endemic
Red-Finned Barb රතු වරල් පෙතියා — Pethia reval EN Endemic
Reticulated Thigh Shrub Frog දැල් රටා කලවා පඳුරු ගෙම්බා வலைவடிவ தொடைப் புதர்த் தவளை Pseudophilautus reticulatus VU Endemic
Rhino-horned Lizard අං කටුස්සා காண்டாமிருகக் கொம்புப் பல்லி Ceratophora stoddartii EN Endemic
Roshan Perera’s Shieldtail රොෂාන් පෙරේරාගේ තුඩුල්ලා — Rhinophis roshanpererai CR Endemic
Rough-Bellied Round-Eyed Gecko රළු බඩ වටඇස් හූනා சொரசொரப்பான வயிற்று உருண்ட கண் பல்லி Cnemaspis tropidogaster CR Endemic
Rupasinghe’s Shadowdamsel රූපසිංහගේ සෙවන ඉදිකටු මැස්සා — Ceylonosticta rupasinghe CR Endemic
Saddled Tree Frog සෑදල ගස් ගෙම්බා சேணம் மரத்தவளை Taruga eques EN Endemic
Samarakoon’s Shrub Frog සමරකෝන්ගේ පඳුරු ගෙම්බා — Pseudophilautus samarakoon CR Endemic
Schneider’s Shrub Frog ෂ්නයිඩර්ගේ පඳුරු ගෙම්බා ஷ்னைடரின் புதர்த் தவளை Pseudophilautus schneideri VU Endemic
Serendib Forestdamsel සෙරන්දිබ් වන ඉදිකටු මැස්සා — Platysticta serendibica VU Endemic
Sharp-Snout Saddled Tree Frog උල් තුඩු සෑදල ගස් ගෙම්බා நீண்ட மூக்கு மரத்தவளை Taruga longinasus EN Endemic
Sharp-Snouted Shrub Frog උල් තුඩු පඳුරු ගෙම්බා கூர் மூக்கு புதர்த் தவளை Pseudophilautus cuspis EN Endemic
Side-Striped Shrub Frog පැති ඉරි පඳුරු ගෙම්බා பக்கக் கோட்டுப் புதர்த் தவளை Pseudophilautus pleurotaenia VU Endemic
Sinharaja Shrub Frog සිංහරාජ පඳුරු ගෙම්බා — Pseudophilautus simba CR Endemic
Sinharaja White-Toothed Shrew සිංහරාජ සුදු දත් හික් මීයා இலங்கையின் மழைக்காட்டு மூஞ்சூறு Crocidura hikmiya EN Endemic
Small Round-Eyed Gecko කුඩා රවුම් ඇස් හූනා சிறிய உருண்டைக் கண் பல்லி Cnemaspis podihuna VU Endemic
Small-Eared Shrub Frog කුඩා කන් පඳුරු ගෙම්බා சிறு காது புதர்த் தவளை Pseudophilautus microtympanum EN Endemic
Smoky-Winged Threadtail දුම්වන් පියාපත් ඉදිකටු මැස්සා — Elattoneura leucostigma EN Endemic
Smooth Lanka Skink සිනිඳු හික්කනලා — Lankascincus taprobanensis EN Endemic
Spineless Forest Lizard කටු රහිත වන කටුස්සා முள்ளில்லாக் காட்டு ஓணான் Calotes liocephalus EN Endemic
Spotted Gourami මල් පුලුට්ටා புள்ளி கௌராமி Malpulutta kretseri EN Endemic
Sri Lanka Blue Magpie කැහිබෙල්ලා இலங்கை நீலச் செவ்வலகன் Urocissa ornata VU Endemic
Sri Lanka Blurry Forestdamsel වන ඉදිකටු මැස්සා — Platysticta maculata EN Endemic
Sri Lanka Bow-Fingered Gecko ශ්‍රී ලංකා වක-ඇඟිලි හූනා இலங்கை வளைவிரல் பல்லி Cyrtodactylus fraenatus EN Endemic
Sri Lanka Cruiser ශ්‍රී ලංකා ගමන්ගාමී බත්කූරා — Macromia zeylanica CR Endemic
Sri Lanka Dark Forestdamsel ශ්‍රී ලංකා කළු වන ඉදිකටුවා இலங்கை கரும் காட்டு ஊசித்தட்டான் Platysticta apicalis VU Endemic
Sri Lanka Metallic-Backed Reedling ශ්‍රී ලංකා ලෝහ පැහැති පිට ඉදිකටු මැස්සා — Indolestes divisus VU Endemic
Sri Lanka Midget ශ්‍රී ලංකා කුඩා ඉදිකටු මැස්සා — Mortonagrion ceylonicum EN Endemic
Sri Lanka Petite Shrub Frog ශ්‍රී ලංකා කුඩා පඳුරු ගෙම්බා இலங்கை சிறிய புதர்த் தவளை Pseudophilautus tanu EN Endemic
Sri Lanka Red-Striped Threadtail ශ්‍රී ලංකා රතු ඉරි ඉදිකටු මැස්සා — Elattoneura tenax VU Endemic
Sri Lanka Rivulet Tiger ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඔය බත්කූරා — Gomphidia pearsoni VU Endemic
Sri Lanka Rock Frog ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාෂාණ ගෙම්බා இலங்கைப் பாறைத் தவளை Nannophrys ceylonensis VU Endemic
Sri Lanka Rough-Sided Snake ශ්‍රී ලංකා රළු පැති සර්පයා — Aspidura deraniyagalae CR Endemic
Sri Lanka Sabretail ශ්‍රී ලංකා කඩු වලිග බත්කූරා — Megalogomphus ceylonicus VU Endemic
Sri Lanka Short-Horned Shrub Frog කෙටි අං ඇති පඳුරු ගෙම්බා குறுங்கொம்பு புதர்த் தவளை Pseudophilautus singu EN Endemic
Sri Lanka Two-Spotted Threadtail තිත් දෙකේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඉදිකටු මැස්සා இலங்கை இரட்டைப்புள்ளி நூல்வால் ஊசித்தட்டான் Elattoneura oculata VU Endemic
Sri Lanka Whistling Thrush අරංගයා இலங்கைப் பூங்குருவி Myophonus blighi EN Endemic
Sri Lanka Wood-Pigeon මයිල ගොයා இலங்கை மரப் புறா Columba torringtoniae VU Endemic
Sri Lanka Worm Snake ශ්‍රී ලංකා පණු සර්පයා இலங்கை குருட்டுப்பாம்பு Gerrhopilus ceylonicus EN Endemic
Sri Lanka Yerbury’s Elf ශ්‍රී ලංකා යර්බරිගේ බත්කූරා — Tetrathemis yerburii VU Endemic
Sri Lankan Elephant ශ්‍රී ලංකා අලියා இலங்கை யானை Elephas maximus maximus EN Endemic subspecies
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