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Cylindrophis maculatus
The Sri Lankan Pipe Snake is endemic to Sri Lanka. The Pipe snake eats insects and worms. The size of the snake is 300mm-650mm long. It has small eyes and a small tail. The color of the body can be in brick red or dark orange and with a black line on the top. It also has rosettes at least 30-35.
Found in lowlands and the highlands of Sri Lanka (wet lands). During the day it stays in wet/stony/woods.
When it feel it is treaten it coil themselves and place it's tail on the top hiding there head inside their coiled body
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Nice spotting!
Thank you mam!
Wow! Cool spotting.