Sinharaja Forest
Sri Lanka · South AsiaThe last great remnant of primary lowland rainforest surviving in Sri Lanka
Area
111 km²
Declared in
1978
Region
South Asia
Climate
Tropical, Templado, Montañoso
Best time
December to March
Highlight
The last great remnant of primary lowland rainforest surviving in Sri Lanka
Made a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in 1978 and a World Heritage Site in 1988, Sinharaja is the last great remnant of primary lowland rainforest surviving in Sri Lanka, with exceptional endemism: more than 60% of its tree species and a similar proportion of its animals exist nowhere else on the planet, the result of the island's long evolutionary isolation from the Indian subcontinent.
Location
See on the interactive map3 dive sites within 300 km are also shown.
21 species documented in Sinharaja Forest
At conservation risk:Pangolín indio,Sambar,Loris esbelto rojo
Endemic to Sri Lanka:Gallo de Lafayette,Loris esbelto rojo
Pangolín indio
Manis crassicaudata
VulnerableSambar
Rusa unicolor
Gallo de Lafayette
Gallus lafayettii
Abeja gigante asiática
Apis dorsata
Águila azor montañesa
Nisaetus nipalensis
Búho pescador de Ceilán (búho pescador pardo)
Ketupa zeylonensis
Cecilia de Ceilán
Ichthyophis glutinosus
Civeta de las palmeras
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Cobra india
Naja naja
Insecto palo indio
Carausius morosus
Krait común indio
Bungarus caeruleus
Loris esbelto rojo
Loris tardigradus
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Sri Lanka, where Sinharaja Forest lies.
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