Unseen Photos of Sinharaja Rainforest, Sri Lanka

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Sinharaja Forest Reserve is a national park and a biodiversity hot spot in Sri Lanka. It is of international significance and has been designated a Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The hilly virgin rain forest, part of the Sri Lanka lowland rain forests eco region, was saved from the worst of commercial logging by its inaccessibility, and was designated a World Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988. The reserve's name translates as 'Kingdom of the Lion'. The reserve is only 21 km from east to west, and a maximum of 7 km from north to south, but it is a treasure trove of endemic species, including trees, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

 

Green Garden Lizard

 

The most common type of lizard found in Sri Lanka.

 

Green Garden Lizard

 

Sri Lanka Blue Magpie, Species endemic to Sri Lanka

 

Orange Minivet, Sinharaja Rainforest, Sri Lanka

 

Keelback Water Snake

 

Sri Lanka Magpie

 

A striking yet remarkably cryptic snake found in Sinharaja Rain Forest Preserve.

 

Malabar Trogon, in Sinharaja Rainforest

 

White Throated Kingfisher in Sinharaja

 

Green Vine Snake

 

Unidentified Grasshopper

 

Kingfisher sitting on his favourite place, Sinharaja Rain Forest

 

Hump Nosed Lizard at Sinharaja

 

Sri Lanka Junglefowl

 

Sri Lankan Frogmouth

 

 

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