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The Sinharaja Forest is the largest rain forest reserve in Sri Lanka.The Sinharaja Forest is home to many rare animals and trees.It is very beautiful place.

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There are many Amphibians in sinharaja rain forest. One of the commonest frogs in the forest is the Wrinkled Frog heard frequently from marshes and streams. Several species of tree frogs and the ...

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The Sinharaja Reserve has an impressive 147 speciesof birds recorded to date. It is also the only locality where 18 out of 20 birds species endemic to Sri Lanka may be viewed. White-headed Starling ...

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65 species of butterflies have been recorded in the western sector of the forest. These include 2 endemic species and 19 endemic subspecies. One of the rarest species in Sri Lanka, the Five bar ...

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The Sinharaja lies within a rainfall range of 3,000 to 6,000 millimeters. Rainfall figures available for the last 60 years show values ranging from 3,614 to 5,006 millimeters in places, in and around ...

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The Sinharaja rain forest cover receives between 3000-6000 mm of rain throughout the year and have a minimum rainfall of over 200 mm even during non monsoon periods. The mean temperature is between ...

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The fish show little diversity with only three species commonly occurring in all forest streams. All these species are endemic to the island. The Comb-tail (Belontia signata) with red tinted fins and ...

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There are many number of plant with flowers.But there's no flowers in very season. orchid (Dendrobium macarthiae) endemic Plant "Binara" (Exacum trinervium)

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