Anslem de Silva

Kongahage Anslem Lawrence de Silva (born 1940), often published as Anslem de Silva, Sri Lankan herpetologist.

• 15 DolosbageRoad, Gampola, Sri Lanka.

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• 24 taxon names authored by Anslem de Silva

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• 2 eponyms of Anslem de Silva

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• Austin, C.C., Das, I. & 2004. Higher-level molecular phylogenetic relationships of the endemic genus Lankascincus from Sri Lanka based on nuclear DNA sequences. Lyriocephalus 5(1–2): 11–22. Reference page. 

• Harikrishnan, S., Vasudevan, K., , Deepak, V., Kar, N.B., Naniwadekar, N., Lalremruata, A., Prasoona, K.R. & Aggarwal, R.K. 2012. Phylogeography of Dasia Gray, 1830 (Reptilia: Scincidae), with the description of a new species from southern India. Zootaxa 3233(1): 37–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3233.1.3 Reference page. 

• Liyanaarachchi, D.R., Rajakaruna, R.S., Dikkumbura, A.W., & Rajapakse, R.P.V.J. 2015. Ticks (Acarina: Ixodida) infesting five reptile species in Sri Lanka with sixteen new host records. Zootaxa 3964(1): 146–148. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.1.11 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Campbell, P.D., Madawala, M.B., Botejue, W.M.S., Gabadage, D.E., & Karunarathna, D.M.S.S. 2016. The Re-discovery of live populations of Cnemaspis tropidogaster (Boulenger, 1885) (Sauria, Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka after 120 years. Zootaxa 4200(3): 395–405. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.5. Reference page. 

• , 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. 

• Takeuchi, H., Savitzky, A.H., Ding, L., , Das, I., Nguyen, T.T., Tsai, T.-S., Jono, T., Zhu, G.-X., Mahaulpatha, D., Tang, Y.-Z. & Mori, A. 2018. Evolution of nuchal glands, unusual defensive organs of Asian natricine snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae), inferred from a molecular phylogeny. Ecology and Evolution 8(20): 10219–10232. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4497 . Reference page. 

• , Bauer, A.M., Botejue, M. & Karunarathna, S. 2019. A new species of endemic day gecko (Reptilia: Gekkonidae: Cnemaspis) from a wet zone forest in the second peneplain of Southern Sri Lanka. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 13(1) [General Section]: 198–208 (e177). Reference page. 
• Karunarathna, S., Bauer, A.M., , 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., , 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., , 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. 

• Karunarathna, S., Poyarkov, N.A., Amarasinghe, C., Surasinghe, T., Bushuev, A.V., Madawala, M., Gorin, V.A. & 2020. A new species of the genus Ceratophora Gray, 1835 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from a lowland rainforest in Sri Lanka, with insights on rostral appendage evolution in Sri Lankan agamid lizards. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 14(3) [Taxonomy Section]: 103–126 (e259). Reference page. 

• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S., Madawala, M.B., & 2021. Two new rupicolous day geckos of the Cnemaspis alwisi group (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka. Taprobanica 9(1): 12–22. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v10i1.245 PDF ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S., Campbell, P.D., Madawala, M.B., & & 2021. A New Species of Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka with Redescription of H. hunae Deraniyagala, 1937.Herpetologica 77(3):259-272. DOI: 10.1655/Herpetologica-D-21-00003.1 Reference page. 
• Karunarathna, S., , 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. 

• Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Karunarathna, S., Campbell, P.D., Gayan, A.K.A., Ranasinghe, W.D.B., & Mirza, Z.A. 2022. The hidden diversity and inland radiation of Sri Lanka’s ground-dwelling geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 20(1): 1–25. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2022.2039319 Reference page. 

• Karunarathna, S., Ukuwela, K.D.B., , 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. 

• Atthanagoda, A., , Vogel, G., Udayanga, S., Bandara, C., Madawala, M., Grismer, L.L. & Karunarathna, S. 2025. A new species of Dendrelaphis Boulenger, 1890 (Reptilia: Colubridae) from an isolated misty mountain in the South Eastern dry part of Sri Lanka. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 19(1): 28–47 (e340). PDF Reference page. 

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