Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species, published in 2014, was the
first catalogue of its kind and covered all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 …

As a part of an ongoing revision of Sri Lankan scincid lizards, I review the genus
Lankascincus Greer on the basis of their morphology and morphometric data. I demonstrate …

Although the differentiation of clades at the species level is usually based on a justifiable
and testable conceptual framework, the demarcation of supraspecific boundaries is less …

Abstract In 2017, Sri Lanka set a goal to increase its forest cover to 32% by 2030 (Sri Lanka
UN‐REDD, 2017). However, on November 4th 2020, the government published circular …

Since the description of the first reptile, Cylindrophis maculate (syn. Anguis maculata) from
Sri Lanka by Carl Linnaeus in 1754, large number of reptile species have been recorded …

Euprepes beddomei was described by Jerdon (1870) from “Mysore”(Karnataka State, India).
Simultaneously, Euprepes (Tiliqua) septemlineatus, which is morphologically similar to E …

The amphibian fauna of Sri Lanka comprises 120 species, including 107 (~ 90.0%) endemic
species. They belong to five families: Bufonidae, Dicroglossidae, Ichthyophiidae …

The history of the discovery and study of amphibians is presented. The main research
started in the early 1990s and is still ongoing. Many new species have been discovered and …

A new day gecko species of genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 is described from a midland
forested area of Udamaliboda (north-western foothills of Samanala Nature Reserve) in Sri …

Herpetofauna represents a significant portion of global biodiversity. Understanding their
distribution, ecology, and behavior is essential for conservation efforts. Many reptile and …