D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna

D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna, also known as Sameera Karunarathna, Sri Lankan zoologist.

• Nature Explorations & Education Team, No: B-1 / G-6, De Soysapura Flats, Moratuwa 10400, Sri Lanka.

Taxon names authored

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• 25 taxon names authored by D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna

Eponyms

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• 0 eponyms of D.M.S. Suranjan Karunarathna
• Lankascincus sameerai

Publications

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2014

• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S. & Fujinuma, J. 2014. A New Calotes Species from Sri Lanka with a Redescription of Calotes liolepis Boulenger, 1885. Herpetologica 70(3): 323–338. DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-13-00087 PDF Reference page. 
• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S., Hallermann, J., Fujinuma, J., Grillitsch, H. & Campbell, P.D. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.1.5 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2015

• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Ineich, I., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S., Botejue, W.M.S. & Campbell, P.D. 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.3 Reference page. 
• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karanarathna, D.M.S.S., Campbell, P.D. & Ineich, I. 2015. Systematics and ecology of Oligodon sublineatus Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854, an endemic snake of Sri Lanka, including the designation of a lectotype. Zoosystematics and Evolution 91(1): 71–80. DOI: 10.3897/zse.91.4971 Reference page. 

2016

• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Campbell, P.D., Chandramouli, S.R., Deuti, K., Raha, S.R., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S. & Ineich, I. 2016. Taxonomy and natural history of Eutropis beddomei (Jerdon, 1870) (Reptilia: Scincidae), including a redescription of the holotype. Zootaxa 4132(4): 509–520. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.4.3. Reference page. 
• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Campbell, P.D., Chandramouli, S.R., Deuti, K., Raha, S., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S. & Ineich, I. 2016. Taxonomy of two endemic Indian skinks, Eutropis bibronii (Gray, 1838) and E. nagarjunensis (Sharma, 1969) (Reptilia: Scincidae), including redescriptions of their types. Zootaxa 4154(2): 155–168. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.2.3. Reference page. 
• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Campbell, P.D., Madawala, M.B., Botejue, W.M.S., Gabadage, D.E., Silva, A. de & Karunarathna, D.M.S.S. 2016. The Re-discovery of live populations of Cnemaspis tropidogaster (Boulenger, 1885) (Sauria, Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka after 120 years. Zootaxa 4200(3): 395–405. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.5. Reference page. 

2019

• de Silva, A., Bauer, A.M., Botejue, M. & Karunarathna, S. 2019. A new species of endemic day gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from a wet zone forest in the second peneplain of Southern Sri Lanka. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(1) [General Section]: 198–208 (e177). Reference page. 
• 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. 

2020

• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Chandramouli, S.R., Deuti, K., Campbell, P.D., Henkanaththegedara, S.M. & Karunarathna, S. 2020. A revision of Eutropis rudis (Boulenger, 1887), resurrection of E. lewisi (Bartlett, 1895) and description of a new species (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Great Nicobar. Taprobanica 9(1): 12–22. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v9i1.217 Reference page. 
• Karunarathna, S., Poyarkov, N.A., Amarasinghe, C., Surasinghe, T., Bushuev, A.V., Madawala, M., Gorin, V.A. & de Silva, A. 2020. 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 Sri Lankan agamid lizards. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(3) [Taxonomy Section]: 103–126 (e259). Reference page. 

2021

• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S., Madawala, M.B., & Silva, A. de 2021. Two new rupicolous day geckos of the Cnemaspis alwisi group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 9(1): 12–22. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v10i1.245 PDF ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S., Campbell, P.D., Madawala, M.B., & Silva, A. de & 2021. A New Species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka with Redescription of H. hunae Deraniyagala, 1937.Herpetologica 77(3):259-272. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-21-00003.1 Reference page. 
• 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. 

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.