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Bundala harbors various forms of fishes including salt water dispersants "Anguilla bicolor", marine forms "Ambassis gymnocephalus", brackish water forms "Chanos chanos" and freshwater forms "Channa striata". Bundala's herpetofauna includes two endemic species, a toad and a snake, "Bufo atukoralei" and "Xenochrophis asperrimus". Among reptiles are mugger crocodile "Crocodylus palustris", estuarine crocodile "Crocodylus porosus", common monitor "Varanus bengalensis", star tortoise "Geochelone elegans", python "Python molurus", rat snake "Pytas mucosus", endemic flying snake "Chrysopelea taprobana", cat snakes "Boiga" spp. and whip snakes "Dryophis" spp. The adjacent seashore of Bundala is a breeding ground for all five species of globally endangered sea turtles that migrate to Sri Lanka.