One of two cubs playing on a tree in Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka, taking a break from his playmate just to chill..
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Dendrelaphis is a genus of colubrid snakes, distributed from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, and southern China to Indonesia, Timor-Leste, the Philippines, Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. There are over forty described species. Asian species are known as bronzebacks. All are non-venomous and entirely harmless to humans. Seven species of bronzebacks are recorded from Sri Lanka.
This Samabar Deer (Rusa unicolor unicolor) was lying in the water alone when we first saw him but got obviously got cautioned by the noise of the jeep approaching the bank. The wounds are likely to caused by a leopard attack, although the my tracker ws not able to exactly find the reason. I usually see them in pairs and this is the first time I saw one alone.
I was on vacation with the family in Viharagala, Beragala (Sri Lanka) last weekend and as usual, sneaked out early morning with my camera being hopeful of capturing some shots of early garden birds. It was misty in the morning and wasn't so great for photography, but when I spotted this Common Iora, the morning light was just fine..
I did my first trip to Wilpattu after it reopened in 2010. It was indeed and awesome experience and an interesting one. Whilst I made several attempts from last year to make a trip, it never materialised due to various reasons. Finally...
Saw thousands of leopard tracks during the trips to the park, but was not fortunate to site a single one. It was a bit disapointing, but was very exiting at the same time. It is a true representation of untamed beauty of Sri Lanka..