Taxonomic Composition of the Oligodon arnensis (Shaw 1802) Species Complex (Squamata: Colubridae) with the Description of a New Species from India

SK Bandara, SR Ganesh, AS Kanishka… - …, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
We review the taxonomic status of Oligodon arnensis after examining all the name-bearing
types of its synonyms, and evaluating morphological and biogeographic evidence. Oligodon …

[PDF][PDF] Description of a new species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Nilgala savannah forest, Uva Province of Sri …

S Karunarathna, AM Bauer, A De Silva, T Surasinghe… - Zootaxa, 2019 - researchgate.net
A new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 is described from Nilgala Savannah Forest in
Sri Lanka. The new species is diagnosed from all other congeners by the following suite of …

Integrative approach resolves the systematics of barred wolf snakes in the Lycodon striatus complex (Reptilia, Colubridae)

AAT Amarasinghe, R Masroor… - Zoologica …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We reviewed the systematics of Lycodon striatus (Shaw, 1802), including all available name‐
bearing types of its synonyms after evaluating phylogeographic (genetics), morphological …

[PDF][PDF] A new species of the genus Ceratophora Gray, 1835 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from a lowland rainforest in Sri Lanka, with insights on rostral appendage evolution in …

S Karunarathna, NA Poyarkov… - Amphibian & Reptile …, 2020 - researchgate.net
The genus Ceratophora (horn-lizards) comprises six species, all of which are endemic to Sri
Lanka. Herein, a new species of Ceratophora is described based on morphological and …

[PDF][PDF] Herpetofauna roadkills on Langkawi Island, Peninsular Malaysia: The influence of landscape and season on mortality distribution

T Kematian, N AYOB, MA MUSTAPHA, J SENAWI… - Sains …, 2020 - core.ac.uk
We examined the spatiotemporal variation of herpetofauna roadkills on roadways in
Langkawi Island. A total of 131 roadkills were recorded. The species that exhibited greater …

Systematics of the Sri Lankan Water Snakes of the Genus Fowlea Theobald 1868 (Reptilia: Natricidae)

AA Thasun Amarasinghe, SK Bandara… - …, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
Based on phylogenetic and morphological characters, we revise the systematics of the
natricid genus Fowlea in Sri Lanka, comprising two morphospecies. The taxonomy of the Sri …

The hidden diversity and inland radiation of Sri Lanka's ground-dwelling geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)

AAT Amarasinghe, S Karunarathna… - Systematics and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The genus Cyrtodactylus has recently been classified phylogenetically into several clades,
subclades, groups, and some into Sri Lankan Cyrtodactylus. Certain complexes from the …

Impact of vehicular traffic on vertebrate fauna in Horton Plains and Yala national parks of Sri Lanka: some implications for conservation and management

S Karunarathna, S Ranwala, T Surasinghe… - Journal of Threatened …, 2017 - vc.bridgew.edu
Impacts of roadkills are extensively documented in developed nations. Only a handful of
studies on road mortality has emerged from develo** nations where tourism and rural …

A note on opportunistic records of reptiles from the Moyar River Valley Landscape, Tamil Nadu, southern India

S Khanduri, V Thirumurugan, CSN Vishnu… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - journals.lu.ac.ir
A comprehensive record of reptiles found in the Moyar River Valley Landscape (MRVL) is
presented in this manuscript. The observations did not adhere to standardized survey …

[PDF][PDF] ACitizen SCIENCE SURVEY OF URBAN SNAKES AT THE CAMPUS OF UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA

MP Patria, N Kholis, AAT Amarasinghe… - Herpetological …, 2022 - herpconbio.org
Encounters between snakes and humans are one a common example of animal-human
conflict, especially in urban areas. We evaluated the occurrence of snakes in the academic …