{"id":1554,"date":"2013-07-11T07:49:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T07:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themes.themegoods2.com\/sirius\/white\/?post_type=portfolios&#038;p=1339"},"modified":"2024-05-25T18:32:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T18:32:38","slug":"flora-fauna","status":"publish","type":"portfolios","link":"https:\/\/srilankatravelphotography.com\/?portfolios=flora-fauna","title":{"rendered":"Flora &#038; Fauna"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"one withsmallpadding ppb_content_half_bg withbg \" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/srilankatravelphotography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Ferns-Horton-Plains.jpg);background-position: center center;padding:140px 0 140px 0;\" >\n<div class=\"standard_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"page_content_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<div class=\"one_half_bg\" style=\"background:#4d9154;background:rgb(77,145,84,0.3);background:rgba(77,145,84,0.3);color:#f7f7f7;\">\n<h2 class=\"ppb_title\" style=\"color:#f7f7f7;\">Flora and Fauna <\/h2>\n<hr class=\"title_break left\" style=\"border-color:#f7f7f7;\"\/>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Despite the small size, Sri Lanka has one of the highest density of endemic plants and animals thus the country is rated as one of the top five biodiversity hotspots in the world. Ninety-one species of mammals including large herds of Asian wild \u00a0elephants, spotted deers,\u00a0 sambars, sloth bears, leopards inhabit the land while the ocean around the country is home for \u00a0mighty blue whales, sperm whales, \u00a0and lively dolphins. Sri Lanka is \u00a0one of the best locations for whale and dolphin watching in the world.<br \/>\nAmong the 433 bird species recorded in Sri Lanka, 233 are residents while 80 species have developed distinct Sri Lankan races with 20 endemic species. \u00a0Sri Lanka has one of the richest diversity of amphibians in the world, containing over 120 species of amphibians of which 105 are endemic.<br \/>\nThe highest endemic amphibian species density of the country is recorded within the world heritage Sinharaja rainforest of Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birds,\/Animals\/ Flowers \/ Plants <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-1554","portfolios","type-portfolios","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srilankatravelphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolios\/1554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srilankatravelphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/portfolios"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srilankatravelphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolios"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srilankatravelphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srilankatravelphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srilankatravelphotography.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}