Sri Lankan Wildlife

By Gehan De Silva Wijeyeratne

Paperback, 288 pages

288pp colour photos & 1 map

Published: August 2007
ISBN: 9781841621746
Format: 216mm x 135mm
Status: Available

£15.99

Bradt's fully illustrated wildlife guides focus on regions of the world particularly celebrated for their amazing and often unique species.
With spectacular photography or exclusive watercolour drawings throughout, each visitors' guide provides an introduction to the region's principal flora and fauna alongside suggested wildlife itineraries, practical information on when to go and what to take and photography tips. Written in a deliberately engaging way, they offer something different from dry field guides, and will appeal to the interested layman as much as the wildlife devotee. Ideal as a lightweight companion to any wildlife trip they also make a handsome souvenir.

Sri Lanka is home to elephants, leopards, bears and water buffalo and boasts one of the highest species densities of marine mammals in the world. An ideal field guide and armchair read, this book is illustrated with colour photographs of species and includes maps charting animal habitats to aid identification.

Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Wildlife Guides)

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Introduction
Sri Lanka: a biodiversity jewel, How to use this book, The Sri Lankan environment
Habitats and Reserves
Habitats, National parks and reserves
Mammals
Asian elephant, Ungulates, Carnivores, Primates, Squirrels, Bats, Other mammals
Birds
Birds of town and garden, Birds of the rainforest, Birds of the highlands, Birds of the dry lowlands, Birds of the wetlands, Birds of the coast, Endemic birds
Reptiles and Amphibians
Lizards, Snakes, Crocodiles, Turtles, terrapins and tortoises, Amphibians
Invertebrates
Lower invertebrates, Arthropods, Butterflies, Dragonflies and damselflies
The Underwater World
Freshwater fish, Marine life, Under the sea, Marine mammals
Getting About
Independent travel, Tours, Suggested itinerary, Photography tips
Further Information
Books, Societies, Finding out more
Index

Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne is probably the best-known wildlife and tourism personality in Sri Lanka. He has authored, and contributed photographically to a number of specialist local Sri Lankan wildlife guides and is also the CEO of a holiday company specializing in tours taking in the wildlife, culture and conservation in Sri Lanka.

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