Geckos are considered the most primitive living saurian in Sri Lanka. It is endemic. Most of the fish names given in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali are not exactly spelled correctly, there may be some difference between the names.
Common Green Forest Lizard (Calotes calotes) Common green forest lizards are found in Shevaroy Hills of Tamil Nadu and dense forests of the Western Ghats. In this article I sometimes refer to relict species. මුලතිවු ගුරුකන්ද රජමහා විහාරය පුරාවිද්යා නටබුන් – Mulativu Gurukanda Rajamaha Viharaya Archaeological Ruins, මුලතිවු සුගන්ධිපුරම් බෞද්ධ පුරාවිද්යා නටබුන් – Sugandhipuram Archaeological Ruins in Mulativu, හින්දු කෝවිලකින් යටවූ කුරුවිල්කුලම් බෞද්ධ පුරාවිද්යා නටබුන් – Kuruwilkulam Archaeological Site in Mulativu, මැදමහනුවර හුන්නස්ගිරිය කන්ද බලකොටුවේ ණටබුන් – Ruins of the Ancient Fort on Hunnasgiriya Kanda Mountain in Medamahanuwara, මුලතිවු මන්නකණ්ඩාල් කන්නියාර් කෝවිල් බෞද්ධ පුරාවිද්යා ස්ථානය – Mannakandal Kanniyar Kovil Archaeological Site in Mulativu, Reports of Japanese Archaeology Team on Wila Oya – Budupatuna, කන්තලේ ශ්රී අග්බෝ රජමහා විහාරය පුරාවිද්යා භූමිය – Kanthale Sri Agbo Rajamaha Viharaya Archaeological Site, නෙළුම්කුලම රන්කෙත්ගම රජමහා විහාරය පුරාවිද්යා භූමිය – Nelumkulama Rankethgama Rajamaha Viharaya Archaeological Site in Vavuniya, තවලම බටහේන අම්බලම – Thawalama Batahena Ambalama, ඔඩ්ඩුසුඩාන් කෙරිඩමඩු පුරාවිද්යා ස්ථානය – Keridamadu Archaeological Site in Mulativu, ඔඩ්ඩුසුඩාන් කච්චිලමඩු පුරාවිද්යා ස්ථානය – Kachchilamadu Archaeological Site in Mulativu, ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අවසාන වන්නි පාලක “වන්නි බණ්ඩාර” පරාජයවූ ස්ථානයේ සමරු ඵලකය – Vanni Bandara Memorial Plaque in Oddusuddan, ඔඩ්ඩුසුඩාන් මුතියංකට්ටුව වැව් තාවුල්ලේ නටබුන් – Archaeological Ruins near Muthiyankadduwa Wewa in Oddusuddan, ඔඩ්ඩුසුඩාන් මුතියංකට්ටුකුලම බෞද්ධ නටබුන් – Muthiyankaddukulam Archaeological Ruins in Mulativu, මුලතිවු වනයේ සැඟවුණු වන්නඩි පාළම හා අමුණ – Ancient Vannadi Bridge and Amuna in Mulathivu, මුලතිවුහි සැඟවුණු පුරාණ පෙරාරු අමුණ – Ancient Peraru Amuna in Mulathivu, මන්නාරම පාලම්පිඩ්ඩි මුත්තුමාරි කෝවිල බෞද්ධ නටබුන් – Muththumari Kovil Buddhist Ruins in Palampiddi Mannar, මන්නාරම පාලම්පිඩ්ඩි පිල්ලෙයාර් කෝවිල බෞද්ධ නටබුන් – Palampiddi Pillayar Kovil Buddhist Ruins in Mannar, මන්නාරම විඩිතලතිව් මඩම (අම්බලම) – Vidataltivu Madam (Ambalama) in Mannar, මන්නාරම මූන්රාම්පිඩ්ඩි මඩම (අම්බලම) – Moonrampiddi Madama (Ambalama) in Mannar. Both monitors are predators of agricultural pests and are efficient scavengers in the environment. Red Crowned Roofed Turtle [WL]. The highly prehensile tail facilitates its arboreal habits. There are very few Tamil names in use for most of the lizards in Sri Lanka. There are five species of horned lizards of the genus Ceratophora. Common name is Skink.. Indian variant is called Indian Skink.. In contrast, the Water Monitor (Varanus salvator) is one of the most widespread lizards in the country and is distributed from the coastal plains up to some parts of the second peneplain in the wet zone.
It is similar to the Kangaroo Lizard in appearance but differs in the throat colour of the males, which is blue and white against red and yellow in the kangaroo species. Get answers by asking now. Both species occupy a wide range of habitats ranging from undisturbed rain forests to highly developed agricultural lands and home gardens. The Black-lipped or Black cheeked Lizard (Calotes nigrilabris) can also make this whistling sound. other Tamil names fro Indian Skinks are Aranai, Paambraani, Seeni Paambu, Paambu Balli or Paambu Palli.. Common name is Skink.. Indian variant is called Indian Skink.. Actually they are harmless. Prehensile in that it can be curled round a branch or a twig and will ensure that the chameleon will not be dislodged. Bengal monitor lizards are known as Indian monitor, mostly distributed over the Indian Subcontinent. With the latest description of five new Cyrtodactylus species in 2005, the total number has risen to 25. Here's how you say it. Usually two eggs are stuck to the underside of large rocks. Showing page 1. The water monitor (Varanus salvator) is called a Kabaragoya in Sinhala. It is restricted to warm lowland scrublands, particularly the drier coastal areas. Sri Lanka has 17 species of agamids, 14 of which are endemic to the island.