Three veteran herpetologists to launch book on Amphibians of Sri Lanka today-By Ifham Nizam source:Island Three veteran herpetologists will release Amphibians of Sri Lanka, the second in the series of four comprehensive monographs, today. Dr. Anslem de Silva told The Island that the annotated bibliography and a checklist of the herpetofauna of Sri Lanka) Volume: 2, a hard cover edition with 334 pages, 216 colour photos, would be launched today. This monograph is not only a bibliography of published papers on various aspects of the amphibians of Sri Lanka, but a treasure trove for herpetologists, wildlife researchers, wildlife managers, biologists and conservationists, etc. ...

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New species of horn-lizards discovered in Sri Lanka’s Salgala forest- By Ifham Nizam A new species of the genus Ceratophora (horn-lizards) found in the Salgala forest in the Kegalle district in the northern part of the wet bioclimatic zone, has been named to honour a renowned scientist in Sri Lanka.   ...

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