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Panthera pardus kotiya
We spotted this leopard in late afternoon (around 5pm) on our first day in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. We were extremely fortunate to have our guide Denish whose eyes and tracking skills are uncanny. Can't thank you enough!
Spotted on Jan 24, 2011
Submitted on Oct 24, 2012
16 Comments
Thanks, YS. This is one of my best Project Noah moments. Hard to beat. I can't wait to go back to Sri Lanka.
Wow!
A Leopard in the wild, wow, beautiful spotting!
Great capture augustgray,congrats and thanks for sharing
wow! what a beautiful photo and find! :)
Amazing spot!
Welcome To Project Noah! Nice spot!
You are right, it was a privilege and one of the most electrifying moments of my life. Thank you for commenting.
Thanks for sharing this gorgeous photo. Such a privilege for you to see this in the wild rather than in captivity!
Oh well then... you must update this race in Binomial ID by editing this spotting... Thank you for identifying correctly. This shows vast variety of Leopards in Indian subcontinent.....
Actually I think this species of leopard is Panthera pardus kotiya.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lankan_...
Beautiful picture.
Isn't specie should be Panthera pardus fusca
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...
great spotting augustgray !!
can you please add this to the mission Biodiversity of Sri Lanka
@ http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8953...
Wow! Well done on this great spot!
Oh your so lucky!