Rainforest in Ratnapura

Hump-nosed Lizard, Lyriocephalus scutatus, found in Ratnapura, photo by Sanath Velarthna

Trekking through the rainforest in Ratnapura

A monk gives us a spiritual message in the Ratnapuran rainforest

Rice paddy workers

AVRI's Roy and Sanath Velarathna give a presentation on snakes to young
students at a rural school in Dambulla, Sri Lanka

Kim with students at a rural school in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, photo by Tracy Brehm

Kim and Dr. Nalin Perera

At the home of the renowned archaeologist Dr. Deraniyagala (from left to right-
Muditha Dela and children, Kim, Roy, Dr. Anura Samaraweera, Tracy and Dr. Deraniyagala)  

Tracy Brehm, Kim McWhorter, Dr. Anura Samaraweera, Dr. Indika Gawarammana, Roy Malleappah, and Professor Thatil meet at the University of Peradeniya

Kandy, Sri Lanka

The Buddhist Temple of the Tooth, Sri Dalada Maligawa, in Kandy, Sri Lanka

The Buddhist Temple of the Tooth, Sri Dalada Maligawa, in Kandy, Sri Lanka

A painting depicting a cobra inside the Buddhist Temple of the Tooth,
Sri Dalada Maligawa

Cobra motif inside the Buddhist Temple of the Tooth, Sri Dalada Maligawa

Representation of the shape-changing being called ‘Mucalinda’ who took the form of a
cobra and sheltered the meditating Buddha from a storm with its hood 

Roy, the legendary herpetologist Dr. P.H. D.H. De Silva, Anura, Kim, and Tracy

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