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Amarasinghe AAT, I Ineich, DMSS Karunarathna, WMS Botejue & PD Campbell (2015). Two new species of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Sri Lanka, including a taxonomic revision of the Indian Sitana species. Zootaxa 3915 (1): 67–98.
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Chandramouli, SR & AAT Amarasinghe (2015). On some recent taxonomic advancement and the resultant problems in the arboreal skink genus Dasia Gray, 1839 (Reptilia: Scincidae). Zootaxa 3914 (4): 495–500.
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Ohler, A, AAT Amarasinghe, F Andreone, A. Bauer, L. Borkin, A. Channing, Y. Chuaynkern, I. Das, K. Deuti, T. Frétey, M. Matsui, T. Nguyen, RA Pyron, MO Rödel, GH Segniagbeto, K Vasudevan & A Dubois (2014). Dicroglossidae Dubois, 1987 (Amphibia, Anura): proposed conservation. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 71 (4): 244–249.
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Gabadage, DE, A de Silva, WMS Botejue, MM Bahir, TD Surasinghe, MB Madawala, AAT Amarasinghe & DMMS Karunarathna (2014). On the discovery of second living population of Adenomus kandianus (Günther, 1872) from Sri Lanka: with the bioecology, and detailed redescription to the species. Herpetotropicos 10 (1-2): 37–49.
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Amarasinghe AAT, DMSS Karunarathna & J Fujinuma (2014). A new species of agamid lizard of the genus Calotes from the Knuckles massif of Sri Lanka. Herpetologica 70 (3): 323–338.
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Amarasinghe AAT, DMSS Karunarathna, J Hallermann, J Fujinuma, H. Grillitsch & PD Campbell (2014). A new species of the genus Calotes (Squamata: Agamidae) from high elevations of the Knuckles Massif of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 3785 (1): 59–78.
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Karunarathna DMSS, SM Henkanaththegedara, AAT Amarasinghe & A de Silva (2013). Impact of vehicular traffic on herpetofaunal mortality in a savannah forest, Eastern Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 5 (2): 111–119.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2013). Behavioural ecology and microhabitat use by Lyriocephalus scutatus (Linnaeus, 1758): a monotypic genus in Sri Lanka (Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconinae) with notes on the taxonomy. Russian Journal of Herpetology 20 (1): 1–15.
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Karunarathna DMSS, AAT Amarasinghe, MB Madawala & HKD Kandambi (2012). Population status of two Varanus species (Reptilia: Sauria: Varanidae) in Sri Lanka’s Puttalam lagoon system, with notes on their diet and conservation status. Biawak 6 (1): 22–33.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2012). Rescue actions of the ‘black turtle’ Melanochelys trijuga thermalis (Reptilia: Bataguridae) from Sri Lanka. Herpetotropicos 7 (1-2): 17–19.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2012). Reptile diversity in Beraliya Mukalana proposed forest reserve, Galle District, Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 4 (1): 20–26+pl.
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Amarasinghe AAT, F Tiedemann & DMSS Karunarathna (2011). Calotes nigrilabris Peters, 1860 (Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconinae): a threatened highland agamid lizard in Sri Lanka. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 5 (2): 33–43.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2011). Is there a decline of amphibian richness in Ballanwila-Attidiya Sanctuary? Froglog 95 (March): 9.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2011). Natural history and conservation status of Calodactylodes illingworthorum Deraniyagala, 1953 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in South-eastern Sri Lanka. Herpetotropicos 6 (1-2): 5–10.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2011). Hemidactylus maculates hunae (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) preys on Bandicota bengalensis (Mammalia: Rodentia) in the GalOya National Park, Sri Lanka. Herpetotropicos 5 (2): 111–113.
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De Silva MC, AAT Amarasinghe, A de Silva & DMSS Karunarathna (2011). Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris Lesson, 1831) preys on a radiated tortoise in Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 3 (1): 38–41.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2011). A preliminary survey of the reptile fauna in Nilgala forest and its vicinity, Monaragala District, Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 3 (2): 69–76.
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Karunarathna DMSS, AAT Amarasinghe, UTI Abeywardena, MDC Asela, HB Jayaneththi & PL Madurapperuma (2010). Some observations of Cnemaspis podihuna Deraniyagala, 1944 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) Sri Lanka. Gekko 6 (1): 23–29.
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Karunarathna DMSS, AAT Amarasinghe & IN Bandara (2010). A survey of the avifaunal diversity of Samanala Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka by The Young Zoologists’ Association of Sri Lanka. Birding Asia 15: 84–91.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2010). Freilandbeobachtungen zum fortpflanzungsverhalten von Philautus popularis Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005 (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae). Sauria 32 (3): 63–67.
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Karunarathna DMSS, AAT Amarasinghe, DE Gabadage, MM Bahir & LE Harding (2010). Current status of faunal diversity in Bellanwila–Attidiya sanctuary, Colombo District - Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 2 (1): 48–63.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2010). Reptile diversity of a fragmented lowland rainforest patch in Kukulugala, Ratnapura District, Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 2 (2): 86–94.
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Amarasinghe NK & AAT Amarasinghe (2010). Social behaviours of captive Hylobates moloch (Primates: Hylobatidae) in the Javan gibbon rescue and rehabilitation center, Gede-Pangrango National Park, Indonesia. Taprobanica 2 (2): 97–103.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2010). Hemidactylus parvimaculatus Deraniyagala, 1953 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) feeds on Ramanella variegate (Stoliczka, 1872) (Amphibia: Microhylidae) in Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 2 (2): 104.
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Karunarathna DMSS, AAT Amarasinghe & E Stöckli (2009). Taxonomical and biological study on Calotes ceylonensis Müller, 1887 (Reptilia: Agamidae) of Sri Lanka. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 56 (4): 229–238.
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Amarasinghe AAT, DMSS Karunarathna & DE Gabadage (2009). Current status of Calotes liocephalus Günther, 1872 (Reptilia: Agamidae) of Sri Lanka. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1 (11): 553–557.
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Amarasinghe AAT, HAPJ Alwis, WMS Botejue & SR Krishnarajah (2009). Three sympatric land snail species in an isolated islet of Rathgama lagoon ecosystem of Sri Lanka. Ruthenica 19 (2): 63–65.
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Gabadage DE & AAT Amarasinghe (2009). Einige beobachtungen zum beutespektrum von Duttaphrynus spp. (Amphibia: Bufonidae) in Sri Lanka. Sauria 31 (4): 43–44.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2009). Erstnachweis von blutegeln (Hirudinia) im beutespektrum der langnasen-peitschennatter, Ahaetulla nasuta (Reptilia, Colubridae). Sauria 31 (4): 53–54.
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Amarasinghe AAT, G Chathuranga & DMSS Karunarathna (2009). Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768) in Rathgama lagoon in Galle District, Sri Lanka. Biawak 3 (3): 81–84.
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Amarasinghe AAT, U Manthey, E Stöckli, I Ineich, SO Kullander, F Tiedemann, C McCarthy & DE Gabadage (2009). The original descriptions and figures of Sri Lankan Agamid Lizards (Squamata: Agamidae) of the 18th and 19th centuries. Taprobanica 1 (1): 2–15.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2009). Mutualism in Ramanella nagaoi Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2001 (Amphibia: Microhylidae) and Poecilotheria species (Aracnida: Thereposidae) from Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 1 (1): 16–18.
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Pradeep WAADG & AAT Amarasinghe (2009). Ovipositional behavior of Calotes ceylonensis Müller, 1887 (Reptilia: Agamidae) observed at the central province of Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 1 (1): 24–27.
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Edirisinghe WGM & AAT Amarasinghe (2009). An unusual mislead communication behaviour of Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider, 1799) (Amphibia: Bufonidae) and Polypedates cruciger Blyth, 1852 (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) at a human habitation in Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 1 (1): 39–42.
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Amarasinghe AAT, WMS Botejue & LE Harding (2009). Social behaviours of captive Trachypithecus cristatus (Mammalia: Cercopithecidae) in the National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 1 (1): 66–73.
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Amarasinghe AAT & AM Bauer (2009). On the holotype of Cnemaspis podihuna Deraniyagala, 1944. Taprobanica 1 (2): 80–82.
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Amarasinghe AAT, AM Bauer, I Ineich, J Rudge, MM Bahir & DE Gabadage (2009). The original descriptions and figures of Sri Lankan gekkonid lizards (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Taprobanica 1 (2): 83–106.
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Karunarathna DMSS, MAJS Nawaratne & AAT Amarasinghe (2009). A review of the distribution and conservation status of Chamaeleo zeylanicus Laurenti, 1768 (Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae) from north-western Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 1 (2): 115–122.
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Amarasinghe AAT, WAADG Pradeep & DMSS Karunarathna (2009). Observations of a new coloration in Philautus hoffmanni Meegaskumbura & Manamendra-Arachchi, 2005 (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from Dumbara Highlands. Taprobanica 1 (2): 123–125.
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Amarasinghe AAT & SR Krishnarajah (2009). Distribution patterns of the genus Paludomus (Gastropoda: Thiaridae: Paludominae) in Mahaweli, Kelani, Kalu, Gin and Maha-Oya river basins of Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 1 (2): 130–134.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2009). Eutropis carinata (Reptilia: Scincidae) feed on Ratnadvipia irradians (Limacoidea: Ariophantidae). Taprobanica 1 (2): 135–136.
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Amarasinghe AAT & DMSS Karunarathna (2008). Observations on the ovipositional behavior of the Crest – less lizard Calotes liocephalus (Reptilia: Agamidae) in the Knuckles Forest Region of Sri Lanka. Asiatic Herpetological Research 11: 13–16.
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Chakrabarty P, AAT Amarasinghe & JS Sparks (2008). Rediscription of Pony fishes (Teleostel: Leiognathidae) of Sri Lanka and the status of Aurigequula Flower, 1918. Ceylon Journal of Science 37 (2): 143–161.
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Karunarathna DMSS, AAT Amarasinghe & EMKB Ekanayake (2008). Observed predation on a sucker mouth catfish (Hypostomus plecostomus) by a water monitor (Varanus salvator) in Bellanwila-Attidiya sanctuary. Biawak 2 (1): 37–39.
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Karunarathna DMSS, AAT Amarasinghe & A De Vos (2008). Preliminary notes on the monitor lizards (Family: Varanidae) within the national zoological gardens (NZG) Dehiwala, Colombo District, Sri Lanka. Biawak 2 (3): 109–118.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2008). Beobachtung einer dickschnabelkrähe (Aves: Corvidae) beim erbeuten von Ceylon-Taubagamen, Cophotis ceylanica (Reptilia: Agamidae), im Horton Plains nationalpark auf Sri Lanka. Sauria 30 (4): 59–62.
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Gabadage DE, AAT Amarasinghe & MM Bahir [b](2008)[/b. Notes on the ovipositional behaviour of Calotes calotes (Linnaeus, 1758) (Reptilia: Agamidae) in Sri Lanka. Herpetotropicos 5 (1): 21–24.
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Karunarathna DMSS, UTI Abaywardena, AAT Amarasinghe, DGR. Sirimanna & MDC Asela (2008). Amphibian faunal diversity of Beraliya Mukalana proposed forest reserve. Tigerpaper 35 (2): 12–16.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2008). Unusual roosting behaviour of coppersmith barbet Megalaima haemacephala in Matale District, SriLanka. BirdingAsia 10: 102.
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Karunarathna DMSS & AAT Amarasinghe (2007). Observations on the breeding behavior of Philautus regius Manamendra-Arachchi and Pethiyagoda, 2005 (Amphibia: Ranidae: Rhacophorinae) in Nilgala, Monaragala District in Sri Lanka. Russian Journal of Herpetology 14 (2): 133–136.