Kanishka D.B. Ukuwela

Kanishka D.B. Ukuwela, Sri Lankan zoologist.

Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

16 taxon names authored by Kanishka D.B. Ukuwela

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2012

Ukuwela, K.D.B., Sanders, K.L. & Fry, B.G. 2012. Hydrophis donaldi (Elapidae, Hydrophiinae), a highly distinctive new species of sea snake from northern Australia. Zootaxa 3201(1): 45–57. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3201.1.3 Reference page.

2013

Ukuwela, K.D.B., De Silva, A., Mumpuni, Fry, B.G., Lee, M.S.Y. & Sanders, K.L. 2013. Molecular evidence that the deadliest sea snake Enhydrina schistosa (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae) consists of two convergent species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(1): 262–269. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.031 Reference page.

2014

Ukuwela, K.D.B., De Silva, A., Mumpuni, Fry, B.G. & Sanders, K.L. 2014. Multilocus phylogeography of the sea snake Hydrophis curtus reveals historical vicariance and cryptic lineage diversity. Zoologica Scripta 43(5): 472–484. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12070 Reference page.

2016

Ukuwela, K.D.B., Lee, M.S.Y., Rasmussen, A.R., De Silva, A., Mumpuni, Fry, B.G., Ghezellou, P., Rezaie-Atagholipour, M. & Sanders, K.L. 2016. Evaluating the drivers of Indo-Pacific biodiversity: speciation and dispersal of sea snakes (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae). Journal of Biogeography 43(2): 243–255. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12636 Reference page.

2017

de Silva, A., Sandaruwan, W.M.J., de Zoysa, H.K.S. & Ukuwela, K.D.B. 2017. An authentic record of Eutropis bibronii (Gray, 1838) (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4329(2): 175–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.2.4. Reference page.
de Zoysa, H.K.S., Ukuwela, K.D.B., Wickramasinghe, S., Nguyen, A.D. & Hollier, J. 2017. Reinstatement of Spirostreptus kandyanus Humbert, 1865 and deletion of Thyropygus allevatus (Karsch, 1881) and Sphaeropoeus hercules (Brandt, 1833) in the checklist of Sri Lankan Diplopoda. Zootaxa 4247(3): 333–335. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.3.8 Reference page.

2019

Karunarathna, S. &, Ukuwela, K.D.B. 2019. A new species of dwarf day gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from lower-elevations of Samanala Nature Reserve in Central massif, Sri Lanka. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [General Section]: 14–27 (e187). Reference page.
Karunarathna, S., Bauer, A.M., De Silva, A., Surasinghe, T., Somaratna, L., Madawala, M., Gabadage, D., Botejue, M., Henkanaththegedara, S., Ukuwela, K.D.B. 2019. Description of a new species of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Nilgala Savannah forest, Uva Province of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4545(3): 389–407. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4545.3.4 Reference page.
Karunarathna, S., Poyarkov, N.A., de Silva, A., Madawala, M., Botejue, M., Gorin, V.A., Surasinghe, T., Gabadage, D., Ukuwela, K.D.B. & Bauer, A.M. 2019. Integrative taxonomy reveals six new species of day geckos of the genus Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from geographically-isolated hill forests in Sri Lanka. Vertebrate Zoology 69(3): 247–298. DOI: 10.26049/VZ69-3-2019-02 Reference page.
Karunarathna, S., de Silva, A., Botejue, M., Gabadage, D., Somaratna, L., Hettige, A., Aberathna, N., Madawala, M., Edirisinghe, G., Perera, N., Wickramaarachchi, S., Surasinghe, T., Karunarathna, N., Wickramasinghe, M., Ukuwela, K.D.B. & Bauer, A.M. 2019. Three new species of day geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from isolated granite cave habitats in Sri Lanka. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(2) [General Section]: 323–354 (e216). Reference page.

2021

Karunarathna, S., Silva, A., Gabadage, D., Botejue, M., Madawala, M. & Ukuwela, K.D.B. 2021. A new species of day gecko (Reptilia, Gekkonidae, Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887) from Sri Lanka with an updated ND2 gene phylogeny of Sri Lankan and Indian species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 97(1): 191–209. DOI: 10.3897/zse.97.60099 Reference page.

2022

Kusuminda, T., Mannakkara, A., Ukuwela, K.D.B., Kruskop, S.V., Amarasinghe, C.J., Saikia, U., Venugopal, P., Karunarathna, M., Gamage, R., Ruedi, M., Csorba, G., Yapa, W.B. & Patterson, B.D. 2022. DNA barcoding and morphological analyses reveal a cryptic species of Miniopterus from India and Sri Lanka. Acta Chiropterologica 24(1): 1–17. DOI: 10.3161/15081109ACC2022.24.1.001 Reference page.

2023

Karunarathna, S., Ukuwela, K.D.B., de Silva, A., Bauer, A.M., Madawala, M., Poyarkov, N.A., Botejue, M., Gabadage, D., Grismer, L.L. & Gorin, V.A. 2023. A phylogenetic and taxonomic assessment of the Cnemaspis alwisi group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka with a description of two new species from isolated misty-mountains. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 205–236. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e90979 Reference page.
Srinivasulu, A., Srinivasulu, B., Kusuminda, T., Amarasinghe, C., Ukuwela, K.D.B., Karunarathna, M., Mannakkara, A., Yapa, W.B. & Srinivasulu, C. 2023. Taxonomic status of the Lesser Woolly Horseshoe bats (Chiroptera, Rhinolophidae, Rhinolophus beddomei) in peninsular India and Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 5301(2): 199–218. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5301.2.3 Reference page.

2024

Ghosh, A., Sil, M., Ukuwela, K.D.B. & Datta-Roy, A. 2024. Independent origins or single dispersal? Phylogenetic study supports early Cenozoic origin of three endemic Indo-Sri Lankan Lygosomine skink genera. Zoologica Scripta 53(2): 113–128. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12635 Reference page.

2025

Srinivasulu, B., Kusuminda, T., Srinivasulu, A., Ukuwela, K.D.B., Amarasinghe, C.J., Siriwardana, S., Kaur, H., Mannakkara, A., Soisook, P., Kamalakannan, M., Yapa, W.B. & Srinivasulu, C. 2025. Taxonomic revision of the South Asian allies of Hipposideros galeritus Cantor, 1846. Zootaxa 5590(4): 507–530. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5590.4.3 Reference page.

2026

Nankivell, J.H., Ukuwela, K.D.B. & Sanders, K.L. 2026. Resolving taxonomic uncertainty in Australian sea snakes (Elapidae: Hydrophiinae): Evidence from museum specimens reassigns Australian Hydrophis caerulescens records to Hydrophis donaldi. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 124: 1–11. DOI: 10.54102/ajt.zov29 Reference page.