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Mini Hydro Power Construction and Its Impact on Some Unique Fish Fauna in Kitulgala Area, Sri Lanka. by Prince Manamperi As an island with a total land extent of 65,610 Sq.km , Sri Lanka has possessed a fascinated aesthetic delight with a remarkable biological diversity per unit area for, flowering plants, amphibians, reptiles, freshwater fish, freshwater crabs and mammals, etc. in the Asian region. The southwestern part of the country, where the region is referred to as the wet zone receives up to 3000 mm of rainfall annually. Biodiversity richness seen in southwestern part of the country can be attributed to a wide variety of climatic, topographic and soil conditions that exist in the island that has resulted in a diverse array of aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Some unique fish fauna in Kelani River Basin (Kitulgala area)   Kelani River, as the 4th longest river in the country (145 km) with the 2nd largest watershed (2292 sq km) is basically appeared in Ytiyantota ...

AMPHIBIANS by Prince Manamperi Acquisition of the possession at darkness Night is also an ideal time to meet “Morningside” the most feared area of authority inhabited by the rackety creatures, Amphibians. Unheard of elsewhere in the island, the amphibian fauna of Morningside knurled cloud forest with open Patana type meadows is conquered by shrub frogs of the genus  Psudophlautus  which are terrestrial direct developers and many of which are habitat specialists, often requiring the shade of a canopy covered forest for survival. Description of 111 valid amphibian species have been recorded from Sri Lanka up to 2012, comprising 95 endemic species and 03 endemic genera known as  Adenomus ,  Lankanectes  and  Nannophrys .    When the distribution of  Pseudophilautus  in   the   Eastern Sinharaja is distinct evolutionary lineages representative of the major clades of  Pseudophilautus  in Sri Lanka. Out of all rec...