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Table 1. Conservation status <strong>of</strong> the assessed vertebrates and <strong>in</strong>vertebrates <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>(Endemics are shown <strong>in</strong> brackets)Taxonomic Group EX CR (PE) CR EN VU NT DD LCTotalSpeciesTotalThreatenedSpiders 41 (14) 21 (10) 8 (2) 394 (231) 37 501(257) 62(24)Freshwater crabs 34 (34) 12 (11) 5 (5) 51(50) 46(45)Dragonflies 26 (22) 18 (14) 17 (4) 17 (1) 11 (5) 29 (1) 118 (47) 61(40)Ants 25 (5) 18 (3) 16 109 (25) 26 194 (33) 59(8)Bees 48 38 20 12 12 130 106Butterflies 21 (5) 38 (10) 40 (7) 21 6(1) 119 (3) 245 (26) 99 (22)Land Snails(Exclud<strong>in</strong>g 21 notevaluated)80 (70) 76 (72) 23 (20) 12 (10) 36 (32) 5 (1) 253 (205) 179 (162)Freshwater fish 2 (2) 19 (16) 19 (17) 5 (4) 5 (3) 9 (5) 32 (3) 91 (50) 45 (39)Amphibians 19 (19) 1 (1) 34 (34) 28 (27) 10 (9) 3 (3) 1 15 (2) 111(95) 73 (71)Reptiles (Includ<strong>in</strong>gmar<strong>in</strong>e reptiles)1 (1) 38 (36) 50 (39) 18 (11) 15 (7) 27 (15) 62 (15) 211 (124) 107 (87)Birds 18 18 (7) 31 (11) 35 (3) 138 (6) 240 (27) 67 (18)Mammals(Exclud<strong>in</strong>gthe 30 mar<strong>in</strong>emammals)13 (6) 25 (8) 15 (4) 7 (0) 6 (1) 29 (2) 95 (21) 53 (18)An analysis <strong>of</strong> the geographical distribution <strong>of</strong> threatened vertebrate fauna <strong>in</strong> the differentadm<strong>in</strong>istrative districts <strong>in</strong> the island (Table 2) revealed that districts <strong>in</strong> the lowland wet zone(ie., Ratnapura, Galle, Matara, Kalutara, Kegalle) and the central highlands (Kandy, Nuwara-Eliya,Matale, Badulla) harbour a higher number <strong>of</strong> threatened taxa. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>in</strong>formation compileddur<strong>in</strong>g this study, the highest number <strong>of</strong> threatened vertebrate fauna occur <strong>in</strong> the RatnapuraDistrict. The analyses also show clearly that districts <strong>in</strong> the Northern Prov<strong>in</strong>ce (Jaffna, Kil<strong>in</strong>ochchi,Mullaitivu, Vavuniya) and the Eastern Prov<strong>in</strong>ce (Ampara, Batticaloa and Tr<strong>in</strong>comalee) lack sufficientdistribution data, compared to other areas <strong>of</strong> the island.146

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