RARE ALBINO WATER SNAKE DISCOVERED

An albino snake belonging to the species Sri Lanka Keelbacked Water Snakes, biological name Xenochrophis asperrimus has been discovered at Kottawa this evening.

According to Indrajith Perera who had found the water snake in a ditch after some children had informed him, this albino may probably be the first of the species recorded in the world.

After detecting the snake, Mr. Perera, who himself is a nature lover, had contacted Mendis Wickremesinghe, another environmentalist and together had identified the snake to be a Sri Lankan Keelbacked.

Normally frequenting the fresh waters, the normal Sri Lankan Keelbacked is mainly found in the upcountry and wet regions. Measuring around three and a half feet when fully grown, the female lays around 30 to 40 eggs at a time, which takes 72 days to hatch, said Indrajith Perera. A newborn measures around 20 centimetres, he added.

Comments

In abrupt turnaround, Olympus admits it hid losses

Japan's Olympus admitted on Tuesday it hid losses on securities investments dating back two decades, bowing to weeks of pressure to explain a series of baffling transactions that have put the future of the firm in doubt. The revelations by the 92-year-old company appear to vindicate ex-CEO Michael Woodford, who has staged a campaign since being sacked on October 14 to force the firm to come clean on nearly $1.5 billion in questionable payments. Olympus President Shuichi Takayama blamed Tsuyoshi Kikukawa, who quit as president and chairman on October 26, Vice-President Hisashi Mori and internal auditor Hideo Yamada for the cover-up, saying he would consider criminal complaints against them. The admission after weeks of denials shocked investors, sending shares in the endoscope and camera maker skidding almost 30 percent and prompting the biggest non-Japanese shareholder to demand the replacement of the entire board. "Ignorance is no defense," said Jo...

Last year's iPhones are destroying Samsung's new Galaxy S9 flagship smartphone - Bench Mark Results

Samsung announced the Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+, the latest entries in its flagship line of smartphones, at Barcelona's Mobile World Congress — but benchmark results are awkwardly showing the devices scoring significantly lower than many of their competitors. Benchmarks are synthetic tests that give numeric, quantifiable results. They are generally applications programmed to make the devices' systems-on-a-chip (SoC) run a series of tasks and determine how long it takes them to complete. AnandTech is a site that specialises in running rigorous tests like these, and its early findings on Samsung's latest devices are curious to say the least— particularly compared to the latest iPhones, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 — which will power most of the Android flagships this year — and even Samsung's own Galaxy S8 from last year. In a number of tests — such as web browsing, writing, data manipulation, and photo editing — the Galaxy S9's Exynos 9810 consistently deliv...

Philippines, Sri Lanka forging deal

The government of Sri Lanka may soon finalize an agreement with Philippine civil aviation authorities to begin commercial flights from Sri Lanka to the Philippines via Sri Lankan airlines, Philippine media reports. This was relayed by Sri Lankan Ambassador Nawalage Bennet Cooray, who called on the PhilippineVice President Jejomar C. Binay at the Coconut Palace in Pasay City. The ambassador said the Sri Lankan government is hopeful that, once in place, the flights will pave the way for stronger economic ties between the two countries. There are currently no direct flights between the two countries. Under the new deal, the flights between Manila and the Sri Lankan capital Colombo will reportedly be increased to four from two a week. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Jayaratne also visited Binay early this year during Wesak. Binay said the two countries could share experiences especially on insurgency problem. He noted that the ...

Share Blogs

Search This Blog