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List of works by Rohan Pethiyagoda

A commentary on the taxonomic review of Sri Lankan Devario by Batuwita et al. 2017 (Teleostei: Danionidae)

scientific article published on 07 January 2019

A conservation assessment of the freshwater crabs of Sri Lanka

scientific article published in 2005

A frog adaptive radiation: Ecomorphological evolution in Old-World shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae:<i>Pseudophilautus</i>)

A molecular phylogeny of the freshwater‐fish genusRasbora(Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka reveals a remarkable diversification—And a cryptic species

scholarly article by Hiranya Sudasinghe et al published 3 August 2020 in Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

A molecular phylogeny of the genus Laubuka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka reveals multiple origins and a cryptic species

scholarly article by Hiranya Sudasinghe et al published 18 June 2020 in Systematics and Biodiversity

A review of the barbs of the Puntius filamentosus group (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) of southern India and Sri Lanka

scientific article published in 2005

A review of the genus Esomus in Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

scientific article published in February 2020

A review of the genus Laubuca in Sri Lanka, with description of three new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

scientific article published in March 2008

A review of the genus Rasbora in Sri Lanka, with description of two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

scientific article published in March 2010

A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae)

scientific article published in June 2012

A taxonomic revision of the South Asian hump-nosed pit vipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Hypnale)

scientific article published on 15 September 2009

An second extinct big cat from the Late Quaternary of Sri Lanka

article by K Manamendra-Arachchi et al published 2005 in The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Barcoding snakeheads (Teleostei, Channidae) revisited: Discovering greater species diversity and resolving perpetuated taxonomic confusions

scientific article published on 20 September 2017

Biodiversity conservation in Sri Lanka's novel ecosystems

scientific article published in 2012

Biodiversity law has had some unintended effects

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Biodiversity of Sri Lanka

Biodiversity. Confronting amphibian declines and extinctions

scientific article published in July 2006

Biogeography and evolutionary history of Puntius sensu lato (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka

Comments On The Proposed Conservation Of Acanthophthalmus Van Hasselt In Temminck, 1824 (Osteichthyes, Cypriniformes) With Cobitis Kuhlii Valenciennes In Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846 As The Type Species

scientific article published in 1991

Comparison of antioxidant activity, Phenolic and Flavonoid contents of selected medicinal plants in Sri Lanka

Danio pathirana, a new species of cyprinid fish endemic to southern Sri Lanka

scientific article published in July 1990

Description of a new species of Sri Lankan litter skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Lankascincus )

Description of two new species of sea bass (Teleostei: Latidae: Lates) from Myanmar and Sri Lanka

scientific article published on 16 May 2012

Diversification and biogeography of Dawkinsia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot

scientific article published in 2021

Diversification of shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae, Pseudophilautus) in Sri Lanka – Timing and geographic context

scientific article published on 16 November 2018

Diversity, phylogeny and biogeography of Systomus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka

scientific article published in 2020

Evaluating Trans-Tethys Migration: An Example Using Acrodont Lizard Phylogenetics

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Evolution of Sri Lanka's Giant Danios (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Devario): teasing apart species in a recent diversification

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

Freshwater Fishes of Sri Lanka

George Bennett, the plagiarist

scientific article published in October 1996

Haludaria, a replacement generic name for Dravidia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

scientific article (publication date: 2 May 2013)

Integrating bioacoustics, DNA barcoding and niche modeling for frog conservation – The threatened balloon frogs of Sri Lanka

Introduction: Exploring Sri Lanka’s biodiversity

scientific article published in 2005

Island colonization by a ‘rheophilic’ fish: the phylogeography of Garra ceylonensis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka

Local endemism within the Western Ghats-sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot

scientific article

Molecular phylogenetics of Sri Lankan Ichthyophis (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae), with discovery of a cryptic species

scholarly article by D J Gower et al published 2005 in The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the freshwater-fish genus Pethia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka

scientific article

Mystus ankutta, a new catfish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Bagridae)

scientific article published in September 2008

Mystus nanus, a new striped catfish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Bagridae)

scientific article published in October 2016

Mystus zeylanicus, a new species of bagrid catfish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Bagridae)

scientific article published in November 2013

New species amongst Sri Lanka’s extinct shrub frogs (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae: Philautus)

scientific article (publication date: 25 January 2007)

Papers supported by the All Cypriniformes Species Inventory Project (ACSII) including those presented at the International Conference inChiang Mai, Thailand, 13–16 January 2012 (COVER)

scientific article published on 14 December 2012

Patterns of reproductive-mode evolution in Old World tree frogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae)

scientific article published in 2015

Phylogenetic diversity of Sri Lankan freshwater crabs and its implications for conservation

scientific article

Puntius kamalika, a new species of barb from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

scientific article published on 16 July 2008

Puntius kelumi, a new species of cyprinid fish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

scientific article published in September 2008

Puntius reval, a new barb from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

scientific article published in June 2008

Rediscovery of the Sri Lankan ‘house gecko’ Hemidactylus pieresii Kelaart (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) with a redescription of Hemidactylus depressus Gray

article by SUDESH BATUWITA & ROHAN PETHIYAGODA published 28 June 2012 in Zootaxa

Reproduction and terrestrial direct development in Sri Lankan shrub frogs (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae: Philautus)

scientific article published in 2005

Rostral horn evolution among agamid lizards of the genus Ceratophora endemic to Sri Lanka

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Taruga (Anura: Rhacophoridae), a new genus of foam-nesting tree frogs endemic to Sri Lanka

scientific article published in 2011

The Family de Alwis Seneviratne of Sri Lanka: pioneers in biological illustration

scientific article published in May 1999

The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species

scientific article published in 2005

The Sri Lankan spiny eel, Macrognathus pentophthalmos (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae), and its enigmatic decline

scientific article published on 12 November 2008

The Sri Lankan torrent toads (Bufonidae: Adenominae: Adenomus): species boundaries assessed using multiple criteria

scientific article (publication date: 19 January 2015)

The development of Sri Lankan biogeography in the colonial period

The identity of the Sri Lankan Amblypharyngodon (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)

scientific article published on 28 January 2019

The identity of the south Indian barb Puntius mahecola (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

scientific article published in 2005

The role of climate and islands in species diversification and reproductive-mode evolution of Old World tree frogs

scientific article published on 11 April 2022

Underwater and Terrestrial Feeding in the Sri Lankan Wart-Frog, Lankanectes corrugatus

Undocumented translocations spawn taxonomic inflation in Sri Lankan fire rasboras (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae)

scientific article published in 2018

Validation of the South Asian cichlid genus Pseudetroplus Bleeker (Pisces: Cichlidae)

scientific article (publication date: 22 July 2014)

Want to Avert Extinctions in Sri Lanka?

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

When the cure kills—CBD limits biodiversity research

scientific article