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Curry-leaf Tortoise Beetle (Silana farinosa)Observer
thilinahettiarachchiDescription
Silana farinosa is recorded as a pest of curry leaves, Murraya koenigii. Very common in every area in Sri Lanka. These chrisomelid beetles spent their entire lives on the leaves. A female laid eggs as an ootheca (see that in last picture). Both adult and larvae act as damaging instars (1st pic and second). In the third picture you can observe the pupa of S. farinosa.
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pieterprinsDescription
In small rock pool in a small forest stream. It was shy and hard to photograph. Captive ones have been photographed very well by the freshwater crab expert Oliver Mengedoht in Germany, who got them from an aquarium fish importer more than 10 years ago. See links below. But I doubt that the identication as Ceylonthelphusa kadambyi is correct since it doesn't match the colouring of this species given in see Ng & Tay, 2001, "The freshwater crabs of Sri Lanka".
Mengedoht's website: https://www.panzerwelten.de/photos/index.php?/category/69
See also: https://www.picuki.com/media/1917454433949046712
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Common Indian Cricket Frog (Minervarya agricola)Observer
pasindu_dilshanDescription
Nigh Safari with dear Uncle😍✨He came from Dubai after two years.He was the one who taught me how to catch frogs when I was 4years😁Those days,I was so afraid of them.but he was a good teacher and taught me how to get them to hands.He is not a zoologist, naturalist or anyone.But,a very good person who coloured our childhood.He taught us how to climb trees,how to ride bicycles,how to swim,how to be with nature.He was the first one who motivated me to observe.When I was 4years old ,everyday he took us for small field trips around our little gardens while we were brushing teeth.😍Those were very lovely memories.So,during those small field trips,he showed us different animals.(Not their species😁Just as a "frog,snake,worm,bird".
Anyway now,I go on small field trips with him during night when I'm free..😁❤️Now,I teach him about animals during night when go out.Thanks to him,we learnt a lot.This observation did with him and here the leg is his leg🙂Thanks again my dear uncle for teaching us those lessons durin my childhood.🙏❤️Love u a lot❤️
©Ajith Chaminda❤️
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Mountain River Prawn (Macrobrachium latimanus)Observer
sanjaya_kanishkaDescription
Adult Male
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Mountain River Prawn (Macrobrachium latimanus)Observer
sanjaya_kanishkaDescription
Adult Female
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Genus ScalidognathusObserver
sakunaDescription
Microhabitat and location are the same as these observations
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144776368
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144775983
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Leaf-running Spiders (Genus Hygropoda)Observer
pieterprinsDescription
Spider hanging from a log in forest stream, with forelegs on the surface of the water. On the fifth picture it hangs onto the stream by a thread from a branch or rock. Taken at night while standing in stream. Its hunting habit suggests that it is belongs to the Nursery Web Spider or Fishing Spider family, Pisauridae, and its long legs suggest a Hygropoda rather than Dolomedes
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Genus ThelcticopisObserver
imeshijDescription
On a small tree from about 1 meter height from the ground at night.
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Ferguson's Tree Frog (Pseudophilautus fergusonianus)Observer
buddi0829Description
Nildiya Pikuna Area
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Manamendra-Arachchi’s Whistling Lizard (Calotes manamendrai)Observer
ravisara_jayamanna
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Lokuge's Day Gecko (Cnemaspis lokugei)Observer
trcarlisleDescription
Endemic to Sri Lanka
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Indoetra thisbeObserver
salindraDescription
Spider family Aranidae and endemic to Sri Lanka
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Observer
pieterprinsDescription
Screenshots from Facebook video by Pinidi Himansa, with permission of the author. Wild animal. Location verified.
Original HD video here: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/oJ6banSzRH0?feature=share
And https://www.facebook.com/reel/2921431258153000
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Hubbardiid Shorttailed Whipscorpions (Family Hubbardiidae)Observer
thilinahettiarachchiDescription
lives on soil, usually under a rock
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Brushfooted Trapdoor Spiders (Family Barychelidae)Observer
sakunaDescription
1.-Frontal aspect 2.-Lateral aspect 3.-Dorsal aspect 4.-Ventral aspect
5.-Ventral aspect 6.-Ventral aspect 7.-Eye arrangement
Microhabitat and location are the same as these observations
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144776012
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144775983
I'll add more details later
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Indian Five-fingered Frog (Euphlyctis hexadactyla)Observer
jonodashperDescription
The frog in the image
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Ceylon Keelback (Aspidura ceylonensis)Observer
rumethjDescription
Dead specimen
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Genus CalommataObserver
dalek_naturalistDescription
The spider was found near Tea Heights villa during heavy rain. I pulled it out from a pool. On the ground it was walking slowly.
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Round-eyed Geckos (Genus Cnemaspis)Observer
jatieDescription
1 and 2 photos are showing the same gecko. This gecko has change
it's color when taking the 2 photo.
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Olios lamarckiObserver
pieterprinsDescription
Same location and observer as https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141650335
Observation by Pinidi Himansa with permission, screenshot from video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ff_TWEz630o
