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දික් තුඩුල්ලා Willey's Shieldtail
Rhinophis porrectus ( Wall, 1921)
නිර්විෂ -Non venomous

A). රූප විද්‍යාත්මකව Rhinophis punctatus විශේෂයට සමාන වීම.
B). උදරීය වර්ණය.
C). Rhinophis punctatus විශේෂය සහ Rhinophis porrectus අතර උදරීය කොරළ වලින් පමණක් වෙනස් වීම.

Rhinophis porrectus (දික් තුඩුල්ලා) විශේෂය Uropeltidae කුලයට අයත් Rhinophis ගණයට (Genus) එකට අයත් නිර්විෂ පාංශු වාසී සර්ප විශේෂයකි. Willey's යන නාමය යෙදී ඇත්තේ ප්‍රථම Holotype එකතුව එකතු කරනු ලද්දේ Dr.willeys කියන පුද්ගලයා විසිනි, එය හේතුකොට willeys යන නම යෙදී ඇත. පළමු නිදර්ශකය හමු වී ඇත්තේ පුත්තලම මදුරන්කුලිය ප්‍රදේශයේ, 1903 වසරේදී ය.
රූප විද්‍යාත්මකව Rhinophis punctatus නම් විශේෂයට සමාන උවත් උදරීය කොරළ වලින් වෙනස් වේ. Rhinophis porrectus විශේෂයේ උදරීය කොරළ 281 ක් පමණ පිහිටා ඇත. දැනට හමු වී ඇති නිදර්ශකයේ දිග 355mm කි. නමුත් Rhinophis punctatus විශේෂට වඩා තරමක් දිගින් වැඩි බව පර්‍යේක්ෂක වරුන් පවසති. මධ්‍ය දේහයේ කොරළ 17ක් පිහිටා ඇත. අපැහැදිලි ගෙලක් සහ උල් හොම්බක් පිහිටයි. පෘෂ්ඨීයව තැඹිලි සහ කලු පැහැති ඉරි දැක ගත හැක

On 30.12.2021, I went on a trip to Riverstone ,Sri Lanka..... I studied about all the point endemic animals and got some informations from some university students about the bio diversity of the site before went there.....Actually ,it was a family trip.....Among all the cousins,I was the one and only one who wanted to see the point endemics or anyone that I would be interested....I went there around 1 p.m and searched everwhere that I could.... Lastly found this lovely and cool lizard..... After saw it ,I was very happy and I kept looking at it around 15 minutes .....So,I got few photos(Used NIKON P950) and suddenly started to rain there.....Then,I said good bye to this cool friend and started the hike again !!!!

This is the first Ceratophora tennentii that I saw and I love to observe these ones again in nearby future!!!!!

Pasindu Dilshan .

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This spider was found inside its trap-door retreat, made under the bark of a කෝං(schleichera oleosa) tree, 1.5-2m above ground. The spider and its retreat were safely removed along with the piece of bark it was attached and the spider was gently extracted from its trap using a pair of forceps. after photographing, It was returned to its retreat and the piece of bark was safely attached to the tree.
1.-Dorsal aspect 2.-Dorsal aspect 3.-Retreat 4.-Retreat (Arrows indicate the doors) 5.-Front door 6.-Front door 7.-Back door 8.-Ventral aspect 9.-Ventral aspect 10.-Eye arrangement 11.-Eye arrangement 12.-Scopula 13.-Fangs 14.-Ventral aspect(Epigynum?) 15.-Ventral aspect(Epigynum?) 16.-Retreating 17.-Retreating 18.-Microhabitat
Some notes on behaviour- Was quite docile and didn't try to bite. When disturbed, ran to find a corner of the container that I used to keep it when photographing.

The larva of the Large Guava Blue (Virachola perse) feeds from the inside on the pulp of the fruit of Catunaregam spinosa (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132252852). Adult: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113136;
Egg: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113212; Pupa: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113320. Fruit has been cut open to show the larva.

Pupa of the Large Guava Blue (Virachola perse); formed inside the fruit of the larval food plant, Catunaregam spinosa. Adult exits through a hole that was made by the larva and covered with a protective webbing. Adult: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113136;
Egg: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113212;
Larva: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137113274