Dulan Ranga Vidanapathirana

Dulan Ranga Vidanapathirana, Sri Lankan herpetologist.

Herpetological Foundation of Sri Lanka, 31/5, Alwis Town, Hendala, Wattala, Sri Lanka.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Wickramasinghe, M.L.J., Vidanapathirana, D.R. & Rathnayake, R.M.G.P. 2016. Cnemaspis rajakarunai sp. nov., a rock dwelling day-gecko (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from Salgala, an unprotected lowland rainforest in Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4168(1): 92–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.1.4 Reference page.

Wickramasinghe, Mendis L.J., Vidanapathirana, D.R., Rajeev, M.D.G. & Gower, D.J. 2017. A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the central hills of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4263(1): 153–164. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.7. Reference page.
Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Vidanapathirana, D.R., Kandambi, H.K.D., Pyron, R.A. & Wickramasinghe, N. 2017. A New Species of Aspidura Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Sri Pada Sanctuary (Peak Wilderness), Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4347(2): 275–292. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.2.4. Reference page.

Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Bandara, I.N., Vidanapathirana, D.R. & Wickramasinghe, N. 2019. A new species of Aspidura Wagler, 1830 (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from Knuckles, World Heritage Site, Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4559(2): 265–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4559.2.3 Reference page.

Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Vidanapathirana, D.R. & Wickramasinghe, N. 2020. A new species of Lankascincus Greer, 1991 (Reptilia: Scincidae) from the Rakwana hills of Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 9(1): 23–30. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v9i1.218 Reference page.
Wickramasinghe, L.J.M., Vidanapathirana, D.R., Pushpamal, V. & Wickramasinghe, N. 2020. A new species of Dryocalamus (Serpentes: Colubridae) endemic to the rainforests of southwestern Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4748(2): 248–260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.2.2 Reference page.
Wickramasinghe, J.L.M., Vidanapathirana, D.R., Wickramasinghe, N. & Gower, D.J. 2020. A new species of Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Reptilia: Uropeltidae), from cloud forest of the Knuckles massif of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4810(1): 65–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4810.1.3 Reference page.

Gower, D.J., Sampaio, F.L., Vidanapathirana, D.R. & Wickramasinghe, L.J.M. 2024. Two new species of the shieldtail snake genus Rhinophis Hemprich, 1820 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae), from the Rakwana and the Knuckles Massifs of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 5458(3): 332–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.3.2 Reference page.