In this addition to Bradt's popular wildlife guides, naturalist and wildlife photographer, Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne, sets out to show visitors the incredible biodiversity of this small island nation. 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.