Sampath Udugampala

• Diplom
• Research Assistant at Wildlife Conservation Sociey- Galle Sri Lanka

We reviewed the species referred to Eutropis carinata complex from Sri Lanka. We provided the data on the lectotype of Eutropis carinata along with a discussion on its synonyms. Examination of the lectotype of Sincus carinatus Schneider, 1801 (= Eutropis carinata), shows this taxon is not conspecific with Mabuya carinata lankae Deraniyagala, 1953 (...

The amphibian fauna of Sri Lanka comprises 120 species, including 107 (~90.0%) endemic species. They belong to five families: Bufonidae, Dicroglossidae, Ichthyophiidae, Microhylidae, and Rhacophoridae. Based on distribution, we recognized five zoogeographic zones for them, Central Hills, Dry Zone, Knuckles Range, Lowland Wet Zone, and Rakwana Hills...

We describe a new Pseudophilautus species, P. conniffae sp. nov. from southern Sri Lanka. It was previously confused with Pseudophilautus rus (Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda). The new species differs from the latter by the combination of the following characters: fourth toe webbing to penultimate subarticular tubercle on inner and outer sides (v...

Six species of Devario Heckel are recognized from Sri Lanka. Devario ceylonensis (Günther) is shown to be a junior synonym of D. malabaricus (Jerdon); and D. lineolatus (Bleeker) a secondary homonym of D. lineolatus (Blyth), herein redescribed under the replacement name D. monticola nom. nov. In addition to D. pathirana (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda), tw...

A new record of Black Spine-cheek Gudgeon Eleotris melanosoma Bleeker is provided from the southern and western coasts of Sri Lanka. This species was previously confused with two closely resembling eleotrid species—E. fusca (Bloch & Schneider in Bloch) and Bunaka gyrinoides (Bleeker) of Sri Lanka. It is speculated that records of E. melanosoma juve...

A new species of Cnemaspis Strauch is described from Knuckles Range of Sri Lanka. This new species had been previously confused with Cnemaspis podihuna Deraniyagala. Cnemaspis kandambyi sp. nov. closely resembles C. podihuna and C. molligodai Wickramasinghe & Munindradasa. Cnemaspis kandambyi sp. nov. differs from C. podihuna by having 7–8 (versus...

Abstract. – A new record of the Gudgeon, Butis gymnopomus (Bleeker, 1853), was reported during an ichthyo- logical survey in Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, this species was previously confused with B. butis. B. gymnopomus is easily distinguished from all reported congeners from Sri Lanka by the combination of the following characters: snout and interorb...

Owing to the spectacular colouration, fish species of the genus Rasboroides have a substantial economic value in the aquarium trade of the world. All the species of Rasboroides categorized as threatened fishes. The studies revealed that some species of the genus Rasboroides are having a stable population in the South-western wet zone of Sri Lanka....

Owing to their spectacular colouration fish species of the genus Rasboroides have a substantial economical value in the aquarium trade of the world. Osteology of these important species were studied and the findings further supports the recently described or re-described species within the genus. One of the important characters of the genus is dani...