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Rohan Pethiyagoda's Degrees

Bachelors Zoology University of Colombo
Masters Conservation Biology University of Oxford

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According to Wikipedia, Rohan David Pethiyagoda is a Sri Lankan biodiversity scientist, amphibian and freshwater-fish taxonomist, author, conservationist and public-policy advocate. Early life and career Born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 19 November 1955 Pethiyagoda had his secondary education at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. He was awarded a BSc Hons. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from King's College, University of London in 1977, and a M.Phil. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Sussex in 1980.

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Rohan Pethiyagoda's Published Works

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Local Endemism Within the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka Biodiversity Hotspot (2004) (298)
Evaluating trans-tethys migration: an example using acrodont lizard phylogenetics. (2000) (296)
Confronting Amphibian Declines and Extinctions (2006) (285)
Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka (1991) (231)
Sri Lanka: an amphibian hot spot. (2002) (184)
The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project (2016) (149)
A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae) (2012) (97)
When the cure kills—CBD limits biodiversity research (2018) (86)
Biodiversity. Confronting amphibian declines and extinctions. (2006) (81)
A taxonomic revision of the South Asian hump-nosed pit vipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Hypnale ) (2009) (62)
Biodiversity of Sri Lanka (2017) (59)
Barcoding snakeheads (Teleostei, Channidae) revisited: Discovering greater species diversity and resolving perpetuated taxonomic confusions (2017) (57)
Threats to the indigenous freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka and remarks on their conservation (1994) (45)
REPRODUCTION AND TERRRESTRIAL DIRECT DEVELOPMENT IN SRI LANKAN SHRUB FROGS (RANIDAE: RHACOPHORINAE: PHILAUTUS) (2005) (45)
Patterns of reproductive‐mode evolution in Old World tree frogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae) (2015) (42)
Taruga (Anura: Rhacophoridae), a new genus of foam-nesting tree frogs endemic to Sri Lanka (2011) (39)
A REVIEW OF THE BARBS OF THE PUNTIUS FILAMENTOSUS GROUP (TELEOSTEI: CYPRINIDAE) OF SOUTHERN INDIA AND SRI LANKA (2005) (37)
A revision of the endemic Sri Lankan agamid lizard genus Ceratophora Gray, 1835, with description of two new species (1998) (36)
Rostral horn evolution among agamid lizards of the genus Ceratophora endemic to Sri Lanka. (2002) (35)
Phylogenetic diversity of Sri Lankan freshwater crabs and its implications for conservation (2010) (32)
New species amongst Sri Lanka’s extinct shrub frogs (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae: Philautus) (2007) (30)
A CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT OF THE FRESHWATER CRABS OF SRI LANKA (2005) (30)
EXPLORING SRI LANKA'S BIODIVERSITY (2005) (28)
Biodiversity conservation in Sri Lanka's novel ecosystems (2012) (26)
Diversification of shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae, Pseudophilautus) in Sri Lanka - Timing and geographic context. (2019) (26)
A SECOND EXTINCT BIG CAT FROM THE LATE QUATERNARY OF SRI LANKA (2005) (25)
Crocidura hikmiya, a new shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Sri Lanka (2007) (23)
Description of two new species of sea bass (Teleostei: Latidae: Lates) from Myanmar and Sri Lanka (2012) (21)
Biodiversity law has had some unintended effects (2004) (20)
Two new species of shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae: Philautus ) from the lowlands of Sri Lanka (2009) (20)
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS OF SRI LANKAN ICHTHYOPHIS (AMPHIBIA: GYMNOPHIONA: ICHTHYOPHIIDAE), WITH DISCOVERY OF A CRYPTIC SPECIES (2005) (18)
The 2016 release of the PREDICTS database (2016) (16)
The Sri Lankan torrent toads (Bufonidae: Adenominae: Adenomus): species boundaries assessed using multiple criteria. (2015) (14)
Undocumented translocations spawn taxonomic inflation in Sri Lankan fire rasboras (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) (2018) (13)
A molecular phylogeny of the freshwater‐fish genusRasbora(Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka reveals a remarkable diversification—And a cryptic species (2020) (13)
THE IDENTITY OF THE SOUTH INDIAN BARB PUNTIUS MAHECOLA (TELEOSTEI: CYPRINIDAE) (2005) (13)
Endangered anurans in a novel forest in the highlands of Sri Lanka (2012) (12)
Evolution of Sri Lanka's Giant Danios (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Devario): teasing apart species in a recent diversification. (2020) (12)
Invasion by Austroeupatorium inulifolium (Asteraceae) arrests succession following tea cultivation in the highlands of Sri Lanka (2012) (11)
Science and biodiversity : the predicament of Sri Lanka (2007) (11)
Channa kelaartii, a valid species of dwarf snakehead from Sri Lanka and southern peninsular India (Teleostei: Channidae) (2020) (11)
A molecular phylogeny of the genus Laubuka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka reveals multiple origins and a cryptic species (2020) (10)
Haludaria, a replacement generic name for Dravidia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). (2013) (10)
Description of a new species of Sri Lankan litter skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Lankascincus ) (2009) (9)
Puntius kamalika , a new species of barb from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) (2008) (7)
Diversity, phylogeny and biogeography of Systomus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka (2020) (7)
The identity of the Sri Lankan Amblypharyngodon (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) (2019) (7)
Taxonomy and Distribution of Indo-Pacific Lates (2013) (6)
The Sri Lankan spiny eel, Macrognathus pentophthalmos (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae), and its enigmatic decline (2008) (6)
Heteropneustes microps, a junior synonym of H. fossilis (Osteichthyes: Heteropneustidae) (1998) (6)
Rediscovery of the Sri Lankan ‘house gecko’ Hemidactylus pieresii Kelaart (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) with a redescription of Hemidactylus depressus Gray (2012) (6)
Schismatogobius deraniyagalai, a new goby from Sri Lanka: description and field observations (Osteichthyes, Gobiidae) (1989) (6)
Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the freshwater-fish genus Pethia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka (2021) (5)
Island colonization by a ‘rheophilic’ fish: the phylogeography of Garra ceylonensis (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka (2021) (5)
The life and work of Edward Fredric Kelaart (1997) (5)
The 'New Species Syndrome' in Sri Lankan herpetology: a cautionary note (2007) (5)
Comparison of antioxidant activity, Phenolic and Flavonoid contents of selected medicinal plants in Sri Lanka (2019) (5)
Underwater and Terrestrial Feeding in the Sri Lankan Wart-Frog, Lankanectes corrugatus (2015) (4)
Integrating bioacoustics, DNA barcoding and niche modeling for frog conservation – The threatened balloon frogs of Sri Lanka (2018) (3)
The role of climate and islands in species diversification and reproductive-mode evolution of Old World tree frogs (2021) (3)
Genetic diversity and morphological stasis in the Ceylon Snakehead, Channa orientalis (Teleostei: Channidae) (2020) (3)
Diversification and biogeography of Dawkinsia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot (2021) (3)
Validation of the South Asian cichlid genus Pseudetroplus Bleeker (Pisces: Cichlidae). (2014) (3)
A commentary on the taxonomic review of Sri Lankan Devario by Batuwita et al. 2017 (Teleostei: Danionidae). (2019) (3)
The development of Sri Lankan biogeography in the colonial period (2017) (2)
A provisional index to A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon (1993) (2)
Want to Avert Extinctions in Sri Lanka (2013) (2)
Molecular species delimitation of shrub frogs of the genus Pseudophilautus (Anura, Rhacophoridae) (2021) (2)
Cladonotus bhaskari: a call for improving ethical standards in taxonomic journals (2020) (1)
On the occurrence of Bufo scaber Schneider , 1799 from Kalakkad-Mudanthurai Tiger Reserve , Tamil Nadu (2004) (1)
Climatic niche evolution of infectious diseases driving amphibian declines (2022) (1)
George Bennett, the plagiarist. (1996) (0)
Figure 4 from: Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Maduwage K, Meegaskumbura M (2019) The identity of the Sri Lankan Amblypharyngodon (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). ZooKeys 820: 25-49. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.820.29632 (2019) (0)
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 (1991) (0)
Figure 2 from: Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Maduwage K, Meegaskumbura M (2019) The identity of the Sri Lankan Amblypharyngodon (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). ZooKeys 820: 25-49. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.820.29632 (2019) (0)
Description of two new species of sea bass (Teleostei: Latidae: Lates) (2012) (0)
Figure 3 from: Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Maduwage K, Meegaskumbura M (2019) The identity of the Sri Lankan Amblypharyngodon (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). ZooKeys 820: 25-49. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.820.29632 (2019) (0)
Figure 5 from: Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Maduwage K, Meegaskumbura M (2019) The identity of the Sri Lankan Amblypharyngodon (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). ZooKeys 820: 25-49. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.820.29632 (2019) (0)
Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of ricefishes (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae: Oryzias) in Sri Lanka (2022) (0)
Figure 7 from: Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Maduwage K, Meegaskumbura M (2019) The identity of the Sri Lankan Amblypharyngodon (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). ZooKeys 820: 25-49. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.820.29632 (2019) (0)
Comment on the proposed conservation of the specific name of Macropodus concolor Ahl, 1937 (Osteichthyes, Osphronemidae) - (Case 3255; See BZN 60: 206-207; 61: 114-116, 173-174, 256-257) (2005) (0)
Genetic diversity and morphological stasis in the Ceylon Snakehead, Channa orientalis (Teleostei: Channidae) (2020) (0)
Bio-diversity in crisis. (2001) (0)
Comments on the proposed suppression of Gobius lagocephalus Pallas, 1770 (Osteichthyes, Teleostei, GOBIIDAE) 2 (Case 3383) (2008) (0)
Molecular phylogeny and phylogeography of the freshwater-fish genus Pethia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka (2021) (0)
Data Portal Query on Data references in CSV format, 1 records (2019) (0)
Data Portal Query on Description of data extract columns, 1 records (2020) (0)
Figure 1 from: Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Maduwage K, Meegaskumbura M (2019) The identity of the Sri Lankan Amblypharyngodon (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). ZooKeys 820: 25-49. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.820.29632 (2019) (0)
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) (2012) (0)
Figure 6 from: Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Maduwage K, Meegaskumbura M (2019) The identity of the Sri Lankan Amblypharyngodon (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). ZooKeys 820: 25-49. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.820.29632 (2019) (0)

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