Rohan Pethiyagoda

Rohan David Pethiyagoda (1955–), Sri Lankan ichthyologist and herpetologist.

• Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, P. O. Box 66, Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 61 taxon names authored by Rohan Pethiyagoda

Eponyms

(List may be incomplete)

• 1 eponym of Rohan Pethiyagoda

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2005

• Manamendra-Arachchi, K.; Pethiyagoda, R. 2005: The Sri Lankan shrub frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species. In: Yeo, C.J.; Ng, P.K.L. & Pethiyagoda, R. (eds.) Contributions to biodiversity exploration and research in Sri Lanka. Raffles bulletin of zoology, supplement 12: 163–303. PDF

2007

• Batuwita, S. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2007. Description of new species of Sri Lankan Litter Skink (Squamata: Scincidae: Lankascincus). Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 36(2): 80–87. DOI: 10.4038/cjsbs.v36i2.482 Reference page. 
• Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2007. Boiga rawanawei, a junior synonym of Boiga beddomei. Zeylanica 7(1): 123–124. Reference page. 
• Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Batuwita, S. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2007. A taxonomic revision of the Sri Lankan day-geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis), with description of new species from Sri Lanka and southern India. Zeylanica 7(1): 9–122. Reference page. 

2009

• Maduwage, K., Silva, A., Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2009. A taxonomic revision of the South Asian hump-nosed pit vipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Hypnale). Zootaxa 2232: 1–28. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

2012

• Batuwita, S. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2012. Rediscovery of the Sri Lankan ‘house gecko’ Hemidactylus pieresii Kelaart (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) with a redescription of Hemidactylus depressus Gray. Zootaxa 3359: 17–30. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura, M. & Maduwage, K. 2012. A synopsis of the South Asian fishes referred to Puntius (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 23(1): 69–95. PDF Reference page. 

2015

• Meegaskumbura, M., Senevirathne, G., Wijayathilaka, N., Jayawardena, B., Bandara, C., Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2015. The Sri Lankan torrent toads (Bufonidae: Adenominae: Adenomus): species boundaries assessed using multiple criteria. Zootaxa 3911(2): 245–261. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.6 Reference page. 

2019

• Sudasinghe, H. & Pethiyagoda, R. 2019. A commentary on the taxonomic review of Sri Lankan Devario by Batuwita et al. 2017 (Teleostei: Danionidae). Zootaxa 4543(3): 421–430. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4543.3.7 Reference page. 
• Sudasinghe, H., Pethiyagoda, R., Maduwage, K. & Meegaskumbura, M. 2019. The identity of the Sri Lankan Amblypharyngodon (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). Zookeys, 820: 25–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.820.29632 Reference page.