Sudesh Batuwita

Sudesh Batuwita, Sri Lankan herpetologist and ichthyologist

• Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
• The Society for the Biodiversity Conservation, Kandy, Sri Lanka.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 29 taxon names authored by Sudesh Batuwita

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

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., 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. 

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. 

2014

• Batuwita, S. & Benjamin, S.P. 2014. An annotated checklist and a family key to the pseudoscorpion fauna (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones) of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 3814(1): 37–67. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.1.2 Reference page. 

2015

• Batuwita, S., Maduwage, K. & Sudasinghe, H. 2015. Redescription of Pethia melanomaculata (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 3936(4): 575–583. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.7. Reference page. 

2016

• Batuwita, S. 2016. Description of Two New Species of Eutropis (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka with a Redescription of Eutropis madaraszi (Méhely). Journal of Herpetology 50(3): 486-496. DOI: 10.1670/15-093 Reference page. 

2017

• Batuwita, S. & Udugampala, S. 2017. Description of a new species of Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Knuckles Range of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4254(1): 82–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.1.4 Reference page. 
• Batuwita, S. & Edirisinghe, U. 2017. Nessia gansi: a Second Three-toed Snake-Skink (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka with the Designation of a Neotype for Nessia burtonii Gray. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" 60(1): 377–388. DOI: 10.1515/travmu-2017-0001 Reference page. 
• Batuwita, S., De Silva, M. & Udugampala, S. 2017. A review of the genus Devario in Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), with description of two new species. FishTaxa 2(3): 156–179. Reference page. 

2019

• Batuwita, S. 2019. A review of the endemic genus Lankascincus (Reptilia : Scincidae: Lygosominae) from Sri Lanka. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162(3): 211–262. DOI: 10.3099/MCZ38.1 Reference page. 
• Batuwita, S., Agarwal, I. & Bauer, A.M. 2019. Description of a new diminutive, rupicolous species of day-gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from southern Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4565(2): 223–234. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.2.6 Reference page. 
• Batuwita, S., De Silva, M. & Udugampala, S. 2019. Description of a new species of Pseudophilautus (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) from southern Sri Lanka. Journal of Threatened Taxa 11(1): 13120–13131. DOI: 10.11609/jott.3903.11.1.13120-13131 Reference page. 

2020

• Batuwita, S., Udugampala, S. & Edirisinghe, U. 2020. Description of a new species of Eutropis (Sauria: Scincidae) from the Central Hills of Sri Lanka with the resurrection of Eutropis lankae (Deraniyagala). Journal of Animal Diversity 2(2): 36–55. DOI: 10.29252/JAD.2020.2.2.5 Reference page.