1st row left: Satinwood (Chloroxylon swietenia), selectively harvested for its wood, now Threatened (© Sarath Ekanayake); right: Dotalu Loxococcus rupicola, an endemic restricted to the wet zone, heavily traded as an ornamental, even protected by law (© Nadika Hapuarachchi); 2nd row left: Habenaria crinifera, a native orchid found in the dry and intermediate zones, which is collected by orchid enthusiasts and for medicinal purposes; protected by law (© Samantha Gunasekera); right: Golden Rasbora (Rasboroides vaterifloris), an endemic freshwater fish of the wet zone, as well as other freshwater fish, heavily traded in the ornamental fish industry (© Samantha Gunasekera); 3rd row left: Marine fish — such as Butterfly fish, are also threatened by over-collection for the aquarium trade. There is also an concurrent destruction of habitat — dynamiting or damage — during collection of reef fish (© Arjan Rajasuriya); right: Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) are caught accidentally as by-catch. They are also harpooned deliberately as there is a thriving market for dolphin flesh in the estate sector (© Anouk Illangakoon); 4th row left: Leopards (Panthera pardus) are killed for their skins and snared either deliberately or accidentally (© Samantha Gunasekera; right: Some snakes — such as the Ceylon Krait (Bungaris cenylonicus) are killed out of fear (© Chamara Amarasinghe)

• Montane species — needing a cool and wet climate are going to be affected by increasing temperature and variable rain patterns. 
• Coral reefs are bleached when water temperature increases by just 1 degree. Many of our coral reefs were bleached in the late 1990s. 
• A particular group of tree frogs in Sri Lanka – Pseudophilautus — lays their eggs in moist areas, not water. The species are extremely vulnerable to desiccation, and therefore are extremely vulnerable to any change in the climate. 
• The Pygmy lizard — an endemic to the high hill country — is very susceptible to droughts — there have been mass deaths observed in 1992, 1994 and 1995.  
• The peafowl on the other hand, is expanding its range. It used to be a dry zone species, but it is now also in the wet zone. This too has detrimental effects as this bird is an omnivore and will eat the endemic lizards and frogs of the wet zone.