Sri Lanka is home to elephants, leopards, bears and water buffalo and boasts one of the highest species densities of marine mammals in the world. An ideal field guide and armchair read, this book is illustrated with colour photographs of species and includes maps charting animal habitats to aid identification. Bradt's fully illustrated wildlife guides focus on regions of the world particularly celebrated for their amazing and often unique species. With spectacular photography or exclusive watercolour drawings throughout, each visitors' guide provides an introduction to the region's principal flora and fauna alongside suggested wildlife itineraries, practical information on when to go and what to take and photography tips. Written in a deliberately engaging way, they offer something different from dry field guides, and will appeal to the interested layman as much as the wildlife devotee. Ideal as a lightweight companion to any wildlife trip they also make a handsome souvenir.

IntroductionSri Lanka: a biodiversity jewel, How to use this book, The Sri Lankan environmentHabitats and ReservesHabitats, National parks and reservesMammalsAsian elephant, Ungulates, Carnivores, Primates, Squirrels, Bats, Other mammalsBirdsBirds of town and garden, Birds of the rainforest, Birds of the highlands, Birds of the dry lowlands, Birds of the wetlands, Birds of the coast, Endemic birdsReptiles and AmphibiansLizards, Snakes, Crocodiles, Turtles, terrapins and tortoises, AmphibiansInvertebratesLower invertebrates, Arthropods, Butterflies, Dragonflies and damselfliesThe Underwater WorldFreshwater fish, Marine life, Under the sea, Marine mammalsGetting AboutIndependent travel, Tours, Suggested itinerary, Photography tipsFurther InformationBooks, Societies, Finding out moreIndex

'Bradt Travel Guides simply have the best wildlife coverage of any of the popular guide books.' BBC Wildlife 'Sri Lankan Wildlife provides a very good overview.' Wanderlust