Kanishka D.B. Ukuwela

Kanishka D.B. Ukuwela, Sri Lankan zoologist.

• Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 14 taxon names authored by Kanishka D.B. Ukuwela

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2017

• de Zoysa, H.K.S., Ukuwela, K.D.B., Wickramasinghe, S., Nguyen, A.D. & Hollier, J. 2017. Reinstatement of Spirostreptus kandyanus Humbert, 1865 and deletion of Thyropygus allevatus (Karsch, 1881) and Sphaeropoeus hercules (Brandt, 1833) in the checklist of Sri Lankan Diplopoda. Zootaxa 4247(3): 333–335. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.3.8 Reference page. 
• de Silva, A., Sandaruwan, W.M.J., de Zoysa, H.K.S. & Ukuwela, K.D.B. 2017. An authentic record of Eutropis bibronii (Gray, 1838) (Reptilia: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4329(2): 175–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4329.2.4. Reference page. 

2019

• 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. 

2021

• 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.