Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Trip to Sinharaja rain forest



  This is the beginning of Mulawella road Mulawella mountain is one of highest mountain in Sinharaja is hight 760 meters and we have to walk 2km to reach the top of mountain.We have to pass difficult barriers,revers,boulders,and so many things.When we are using Mullawea road to visit Sinharaja we can see more animals,plants because most of the people who come Sinharaja are do not use this road because this is difficult way to visit Sinharaja.If you ever wanted to visit Sinharaja you should have guide.



This is a giant earthworm in Sinharaja rain Forest.
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Annelida
Class:Clitellata
Subclass:Oligochaeta
Family:Megascolecidae
Genus:Megascolides
Species:M. australis




                                                  
This is a giant Millipede in Sinaharaja rain forest

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Myriapoda
Class:Diplopoda





                                               
  This is a very famous animal in Sinharaja rain forest locally known as Walikukula(Sri Lanka junglefowl)

Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Galliformes
Family:Phasianidae
Genus:Gallus
Species:G. lafayetii


Common name is Sri Lanka Green Pitviper and this is a  vanomous pitviper species foundin Sri Lanka.
kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Subphylum:Vertebrata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Serpentes
Family:Viperidae
Subfamily:Crotalinae
Genus:Trimeresurus
Species:T. trigonoceph












                                                  This is the top of Mulawella mountain 

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