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Family VIPERIDAE
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.01. Hump-nosed Pit Viper Hypnale zara (Maduwage, 2008) S: Mukalan thelissa , Mukalan kuna katuwa. |
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Snout distinctly upward with a wart-like projection on tip. Venomous, nocturnal snake. Inhabits rainforests as well as plantations. Restricted to the sub montane and mountain forests of Sri Lanka, at elevations between 914-2000m in the Central, Western and Sabaragamuwa Provinces.
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02. Millard’s Hump-nosed Pit Viper Hypnale nepa (Laurenti, 1768) S: Mukalan thelissa , Mukalan kuna katuwa.
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Snout distinctly upward with a wart-like projection on tip. Venomous, nocturnal snake. Inhabits rainforests as well as plantations. Restricted to the sub montane and mountain forests of Sri Lanka, at elevations between 914-2000m in the Central, Western and Sabaragamuwa Provinces. FFPO: Protected |
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| 03. Sri Lankan Green Pit Viper Timeresurus trigonocephalus (Sonn. & Latr., 1801) S: Pala polonga. | |
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A common nocturnal, sluggish, arboreal snake, it occupies grasslands and forests and occasionally, plantations of cardamom, cocoa, coffee, Clove and tea. A venomous snake. Widely distributed in wet and dry zones, while being common at Balangoda and Kitulgala, other localities being Badulla, vicinity of Colombo, Kandy, Matale, Anuradhapura, Rangala, Knuckles, Ratnapura, Avissawella, Pundaluoya, Peradeniya, Neboda, Yatyantota, Moragalla, Kurunegala, Pelmadulla, Karambagala, Puttalam, Kekirawa, Habarana, Dambulla, Medamahanuwara, Gampola, Kosgama, Labugama and Nuwara Eliya. FFPO: Protected |
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