Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐

Zoological Researcher (Herpetology and Carcinology)

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@KavithaRatwatte @RW_SRILANKA @elonmusk @realDonaldTrump දෝදුද බං... 🤣🤣🤣 එක්කෝ අපි සිරාවටම උබේ මොලේ ඩේටා ප්‍රොසස් වෙන විදිහ ගැන impress වෙන්න ඕනෙ. මෙච්චර primitive මොලයක් පවත්වාගෙන යන එකට.

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@happypie111 @BizColombo Hey hey now... dont say logical and factual things like that..just support Amali to bash current gov.

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@jinath Wether its from 2020 or 2023.. it doesnt matter.. put the npp hashtags and give the impression of governments fault 😁 well done jinath. But i agree, regardless of the time duration , its still state money. PayPal may not partner up with PB

[Suranjan Karunarathna @Suranjan_Karu]

The First World Congress on Snakes 2026 ....!
Sri Lanka's unique combination of geography, climate, and geological history has created a biodiversity hotspot that is worth preserving for future generations.
https://t.co/tmQTxMJHgI

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@Crazymoments01 Views and reach beggers be like.. f*** authenticity .. 😁

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@NuwanEks @UNPUnOFFICIAL_ Epa epa ehema logical dewal kiyanna.. :O mada gahana ewata podi sup ekek denna meyalata.. pawne..

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@Dhanjivpandey @Realarafi @grok Dude.. just use your brain cells for a once..

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@MaheshaSamarat2 You forgot to remove the fake wording on the pic before posting ..better find the original mud post and post. Although we genuinely know he never said that, why not spread some misinformation and have fun right? We all are politically biased after all :/

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@ShavinWijetunge @BizColombo @SayuriYuri20 Not true. Just a made up post based on what chathuranga said earlier. However fake or not, any post floating on SM that swing mud at the gov is happily used by the anti gov people despite their respected professions and personalities. And they reply only to supporting comments.

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@stevesando1 Great shot. Indeed a Striped Keelback.

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@canusanka Its always the matter of perspective . Some indexes place us in a much better rankings for 2025.. but if you are a hater of this gov.. you will always choose the worst one.

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@itsme_urstruly Tyson...

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@Naam_kafi_hai

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

Thank you "The Island" for the article

https://t.co/XF47giu91n
#duberria #malpolon #etymology #sinhala #herpetology #knox

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@NewsWireLK Kandy won the match in reality. SLRU failed to acknowledge the bad referring of Yatawara. T.M.O clearly said its a try..we all saw it too. Whats the point of asking the TMO if the refree is sticking to his decision

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

@elaphrornis Yes. The very first mention of the word Henakandaya appeared in the 1693 work by John Ray where he mentioned a catalogue of snakes purportedly collected from Zeylan. This is the same work which the name Malpolon is also listed. i added a remark for henakandaya mentioning anaconda

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

https://t.co/EKZ3QxIaMq

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

New Paper Alert !! 🐍📢

1. Herein, I present evidence supporting a Sri Lankan origin for the etymologies of African and Middle Eastern snake genera Duberria and Malpolon, both established by Leopold Fitzinger in 1826.

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

3. In addition, the specific epithet of the African species Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia is also likely derived from the Sinhala word “Hothambaya” (“palm civet”). Finally, the type species for the genus Duberria is validly designated here for the first time.

[Sanjaya K Bandara - සංජය 🐍🦎🦀🦐 @jumbo3220]

2. Duberria represents a misspelling of the Sinhala word “Diyabariya” (“water snake”) and originates from a 17th century work by Robert Knox. The name Malpolon is likely derived from the Sinhala term “Mal Polonga” (“flowery viper”) and can be traced to another 17th-century work.