PUBLICATIONS
a. Science Citation Indexed (SCI) journals
1. Meegaskumbura M, Bossuyt F, Pethiyagoda R, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Bahir MM, Milinkovitch MC, Schneider CJ. 2002. Sri Lanka: an Amphibian Hot Spot, Science 298: 398. DOI: 10.1126/science.298.5592.379
2. Bossuyt F, Meegaskumbura M, Beenaerts N, Gower DJ, Pethiyagoda R, Roelants K, Mannaert A, Wilkinson M, Bahir MM, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Ng PKL, Schneider CJ, Oommen OV, Milinkovitch MC. 2004. Local endemism within the Western Ghats–Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot, Science 306: 479–48. DOI: 10.1126/science.1100167
3. Bossuyt F, Meegaskumbura M, Beenaerts N, Gower DJ, Pethiyagoda R, Roelants K, Mannaert A, Wilkinson M, Bahir MM, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Ng PKL, Schneider CJ, Oommen OV, Milinkovitch MC. 2005. Biodiversity in Sri Lanka and the Western Ghats – response, Science 308: 199. DOI: 10.1126/science.308.5719.199b
4. Meegaskumbura M, Manamendra-Arachchi K. 2005. Description of eight new species of shrub frogs (Ranidae : Rhacophorinae : Philautus) from Sri Lanka, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 12: 305–338
5. Bahir MM, Meegaskumbura M, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Schneider CJ, Pethiyagoda R. 2005. Reproduction and terrestrial direct development in Sri Lankan shrub frogs (Ranidae : Rhacophorinae : Philautus), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl., 12: 339–350
6. Manamendra-Arachchi K, Pethiyagoda R, Dissanayake R, Meegaskumbura M. 2005. A second extinct big cat from the Late Quaternary of Sri Lanka, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl., 12: 423-434
7. Meegaskumbura M, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Schneider CJ, Pethiyagoda R. 2007. New species amongst Sri Lanka’s extinct shrub frogs, Zootaxa 1397: 1–15
8. Pethiyagoda R, Gunatilleke N, de Silva M, Kotagama S, Gunatilleke S, de Silva P, Meegaskumbura M, Fernando P, Ratnayeke S, Jayawardene J, Raheem D, Benjamin S, Ilangakoon A. 2007. Science and biodiversity: the predicament of Sri Lanka, Current Science 426: 426–427
9. Kerney R, Meegaskumbura M, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Hanken J. 2007. Cranial ontogeny in Philautus silus (Anura: Ranidae: Rhacophorinae) reveals few similarities with other direct-developing anurans, Journal of Morphology 268: 715–725
10. Meegaskumbura S, Meegaskumbura M, Pethiyagoda R, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Schneider CJ. 2007. Crocidura hikmiya, a new shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Sri Lanka, Zootaxa 1665: 19–30
11. Pethiyagoda R, Kottelat M, Silva A, Maduwage K, Meegaskumbura M. 2008. A review of the genus Laubuca in Sri Lanka, with description of three new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), Ichthyological Exploration of the Freshwaters 19(1): 7–26
12. Meegaskumbura M, Silva A, Maduwage K, Pethiyagoda R. 2008. Puntius reval, a new barb from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), Ichthyological Exploration of the Freshwaters 19(1): 141–152
13. Maduwage K, Meegaskumbura M, Silva A, Pethiyagoda R. 2008. Phylogenetic implications of hemipenial morphology in Sri Lankan agamid lizards, Current Science 95(7): 828–840
14. Pethiyagoda R, Silva A, Maduwage K, Meegaskumbura M. 2008. Puntius kelumi: a new species of cyprinid fish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), Ichthyological Exploration of the Freshwaters 19(3): 201–214
15. Meegaskumbura M, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Pethiyagoda R. 2009. Two new species of shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae: Philautus) from lowlands of Sri Lanka, Zootaxa 2122: 51–68
16. Meegaskumbura S, Meegaskumbura M, Schneider, CJ. 2010. Systematic relationship and taxonomy of Suncus montanus and S. murinus from Sri Lanka, and evidence of hybridization between them. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 473-487
17. Meegaskumbura M, Manamendra-Arachchi K. 2011. Two new species of shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae: Pseudopilautus) from Sri Lanka, Zootaxa 2747: 1–18
18. Swei A, Rowley JJL, Ro¨dder D, [….] Meegaskumbura, [….], Vredenburg, VT. 2011. Is Chytridiomycosis an emerging infectious disease in Asia?, PLoS ONE 6(8): 23171–79
19. Ariyasiri K, Bowatte G, Menike U, Meegaskumbura, S, Meegaskumbura M* 2011. Predator-induced plasticity in tadpoles of Polypedates cruciger (Anura: Rhacophoridae), Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 5(2):14–21(e29)
20. Bowatte G, Meegaskumbura M*. 2011. Morphology and ecology of Microhyla rubra (Anura: Microhylidae) tadpoles from Sri Lanka, Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 5(2): 22–32 (e30)
21. Meegaskumbura M, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Bowatte G, Meegaskumbura S. 2012. Rediscovery of Pseudophilautus semiruber, a diminutive (Rhacophoridae: Pseudophilautus) from Sri Lanka, Zootaxa 3229: 58–68
22. 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): 63–95
23. Meegaskumbura S, Meegaskumbura M, Schneider CJ. 2012. Re-evaluation of the taxonomy of the Sri Lankan pigmy shrew Suncus fellowesgordoni (Soriciicade: Crocidurinae) and its phylogenetic relationship with S. etruscus, Zootaxa 3187: 57–68
24. Chisholm RA, Muller-Landau HC, [….] Meegaskumbura M, [….] Zimmerman JK. 2013. Scale-dependent relationships between tree species richness and ecosystem function in forests, Journal of Ecology 101(5): 1214-1224
25. Bowatte G, Perera P, Senevirathne G, Meegaskumbura S, Meegaskumbura M. 2013. Tadpoles as Dengue mosquito (Aedes aegypti) egg predators, Biological Control 67: 469–474
26. Erickson DL, Jones FA, Swenson NG, Pei N, Bourg NA, Chen W,Davies SJ, Ge X, Hao Z, Howe RW, Huang C, Larson AJ, Lum SK, Lutz J, Ma K, Meegaskumbura M, Mi X, Parker JD, Sun I, Wright SJ, Wolf AT, Xing D, Zimmerman JK, Kress WJ. 2014. Comparative evolutionary diversity and phylogenetic structure across multiple forest dynamics plots: a mega-phylogeny approach, Frontiers in Genetics 5: 358
27. Yathramullage S, Meegaskumbura M, Meegaskumbura S. 2014. Record of five new endemic small mammal hosts for four ectoparasite species from Sri Lanka, Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 17(3): 473–476
28. Biju SD, Garg S, Mahony S, Wijayathilaka N, Senevirathne G, Meegaskumbura M. 2014. DNA barcoding, phylogeny and systematics of Golden-Backed Frogs (Hylarana, Ranidae) of the Western Ghats–Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot, with the description of seven new species, Contributions to Zoology 83(4): 269–335
29. 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
30. Somaweera R, Wijayathilaka N, Bowatte G, Meegaskumbura M. 2015. Conservation in a changing landscape: habitat occupancy of the critically endangered Tennent’s leaf-nosed lizard (Ceratophora tennentii) in Sri Lanka. Journal of Natural History DOI:10.1080/00222933.2015.1006280
31. Meegaskumbura M, Senevirathne G, Biju SD, Garg S, Meegaskumbura S, Pethiyagoda R, Hanken J, Schneider CJ. 2015. Patterns of reproductive-mode evolution in Old World tree frogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae), Zoologica Scripta 44(5): 509–522 DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12121
32. Senevirathne G, Meegaskumbura M. 2015. Life among crevices: osteology of Nannophrys marmorata, Zootaxa 4032(2): 241–245. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4032.2.12
33. Wijayathilaka N, Garg S, Senevirathne G, Karunarathne N, Biju SD & Meegaskumbura M. 2016. A new species of Microhyla (Anura: Microhylidae) from Sri Lanka using an integrative taxonomic approach, Zootaxa. 4066(3): 331-342
34. Biju SD, Senevirathne G, Garg S, Mahony S, Kamei R, Thomas A, Shouche Y, Raxworthy C, Meegaskumbura M, Bocxlaer I. 2016. Frankixalus, a new rhacophorid genus of tree hole breeding frogs with oophagous tadpoles, PLoS ONE 11(1): e0145727. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0145727
35. Senevirathne G, Thomas A, Kerney R, Hanken J, Biju SD, Meegaskumbura M. 2016. From clinging to digging: the postembryonic skeletal ontogeny of the Indian Purple frog, Nasikabatrachus sahyadresnis (Anura: Nasikabatrachidae). PLoS ONE, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151114
36. Senevirathne G, Garg S, Kerney R, Meegaskumbura M, Biju SD. 2016. Unearthing fossorial tadpoles of family Micrixalidae, PLoS ONE doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151781
37. Wijayathilaka N, Meegaskumbura M. 2016. An acoustic analysis of the genus Microhyla (Anura: Microhylidae) of Sri Lanka, PLoS ONE, (11)7: 1-11. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159003
38. Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Maduwage K, Meegaskumbura M. 2016. Mystus nanus, a new striped catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from Sri Lanka, Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters, 27(2): 163-172
39. Sudasinghe H, Meegaskumbura M. 2016. Ompok argestes, a new species of siluroid catfish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Siluridae), Zootaxa 4158 (2): 261–271
40. Senevirathne G, Kerney R, Meegaskumbura M. 2017. Comparative postembryonic skeletal ontogeny in two sister lineages of Old World tree frogs (Rhacophoridae: Taruga, Polypedates), PLoS ONE. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167939
41. Garg S, Senevirathne G, Wijayathilaka N, Phuge S, Deuti K, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Meegaskumbura M, Biju SD. 2018. An integrative taxonomic review of the South Asian microhylid genus Uperodon, Zootaxa Monograph 4384 (1): 1–88
42. Senevirathne G, Samarawikrama VAMPK, Wijayathilaka N, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Bowatte G, Samarawickrama DRNS, Meegaskumbura M. 2018. A new frog species from rapidly dwindling cloud forest streams of Sri Lanka--Lankanectes pera (Anura, Nyctibatrachidae). Zootaxa 4461 (4): 519-538
43. Sudasinghe H, Ranasinghe RHT, Goonatilake SdeA, Meegaskumbura M. 2018. A review of the genus Labeo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 4486 (3): 201–235
44. Meegaskumbura M, Senevirathne G, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Pethiyagoda R, Hanken J, Schneider CJ. 2019. Diversification of shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae, Pseudophilautus) in Sri Lanka - timing and geographic context. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 132: 14–24. DOI:/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.004
45. Wijayathilaka N, Senevirathne G, Bandara C, Rajapakse S, Pethiyagoda R, Meegaskumbura M. 2018. Integrating bioacoustics, DNA barcoding and niche modeling for frog conservation – the threatened balloon frogs of Sri Lanka. Global Ecology and Conservation. 16: DOI:10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00496
46. Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Maduwage K, Meegaskumbura M. 2019. The identity of the Sri Lankan Amblypharyngodon (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). Zoo Keys 820: 25–49. doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.820.29632
47. Sudasinghe H, Herath J, Pethiyagoda R, Meegaskumbura M. 2018. Undocumented translocations spawn taxonomic inflation in Sri Lankan fire rasboras (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae). PeerJ 6:e6084 DOI:10.7717/peerj.6084
48.Garg S, Suyesh R, Das A, Jiang J, Wijayathilaka N, Amarasinghe AAT, Alhadi F, Vineeth KK, Aravinda NA, Senevirathne G, Meegaskumbura M, Biju SD. 2018. Systematic revision of Microhyla (Microhylidae) frogs of South Asia: a molecular, morphological, and acoustic assessment. Vertebrate Zoology. 69(1)1-71. DOI:10.26049/VZ69-1-2019-01
49. Pathirana NUK, Meegaskumbura M, Rajakaruna R. 2019. Host resistance and tolerance to parasitism: development dependent fitness consequences in common hourglass tree frog (Rhacophoridae: Polypedates cruciger) tadpoles exposed to two
larval trematodes. Canadian Journal of Zoology. (97 (11), 1021-1029.
50. Pathirana NUK, Meegaskumbura M, Rajakaruna R. 2019. Infection sequence alters disease severity: effects of sequential exposure of two larval trematodes to Polypedates cruciger tadpoles. Ecology and Evolution 2019:(9)6220-6230. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5180
51. Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Meegaskumbura M. 2019. A review of the genus Esomus in Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of the Freshwaters. IEF-1106 pp 1-18.
52. Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Meegaskumbura M. 2020. Evolution of Sri Lanka's Giant Danios (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Devario): teasing apart species in a recent diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106853
53. Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Ranasinghe RHT, Raghavan R, Dahanukar N, Meegaskumbura M. 2020. A molecular phylogeny of the freshwater-fish genus Rasbora (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka reveals a remarkable diversification—and a cryptic species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (In Press).
54. Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Meegaskumbura M. 2020. A molecular phylogeny of the genus Laubuka (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Sri Lanka reveals multiple origins and a cryptic species. Systematics and Biodiversity (In Press).
55. Sudasinghe H, Adamson EAS, Ranasinghe RHT, Meegaskumbura M, Ikebe C, Britz R. 2020. Unexpected species diversity within Sri Lanka’s snakehead fishes of the Channa marulius group (Teleostei: Channidae). Zootaxa. 4747 (1): 113–132.
56. Mao T-R, Liu Y-W, Meegaskumbura M, Yang J, Ellepola G, Senevirathne G, Fu C-H, Gross JB, Pie MR. 2020. Evolution in Sinocyclocheilus cavefish is marked by rate shifts, reversals and origin of novel traits. BioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.12.038034 (Preprint)
57. Sudasinghe H, Pethiyagoda R, Meegaskumbura M, Maduwage K, Britz R. 2020. Channa kelaartii, a valid species of dwarf snakehead from Sri Lanka and southern peninsular India (Teleostei: Channidae). Vertebrate Zoology 70(2):157-170 DOI: 10.26049/VZ70-2-2020-05
58. SCI
59. IEF
60. NEE
b. Peer reviewed, publications (non-SCI journals)
61. Meegaskumbura M*, Meegaskumbura S, Bowatte G, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Pethiyagoda R, Hanken J, Schneider CJ. 2010. Taruga (Anura: Rhacophoridae), a new genus of foam-nesting tree frogs endemic to Sri Lanka, Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 39(2): 75–94
62. Bowatte G, Meegaskumbura M*. 2011. Morphology and ecology of tadpoles of Ramanella obscura (Anura: Microhylidae), Ceylon Journal of Science, (Biological Sciences) 40(2): 109–120
63. Epa R, Perera N, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Meegaskumbura M*. 2011. Sri Lanka’s Aruwakkalu fossil deposit dates to the Burdigalian Age, Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences), 40(2):163–174
64. Meegaskumbura S, Meegaskumbura M, Schneider CJ. 2012. Phylogenetic position of Suncus fellowesgordoni with pigmy shrews from Madagascar and Southeast Asia inferred from cytochrome-b, Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 41: 83–87
65. Gascon C, Collins JP, Church DR, Moore RD, Andreone F, Bishop P, Biju SD, Bolaños F, Feng X, Pipeng L, Zhang L, Shi H, Lötters S, Matamoros Y, Meegaskumbura M, Molur S, Mitchell PN, Mora-Benavides JM, Garcia-Moreno J, Randriamahazo H, Reardon JT, Molina C, Ron S, Rowley JLL, Silvano D, Valdujo PH, Verdade VK. 2012. Scaling a global plan into regional strategies for amphibian conservation, Alytes 29(1-4): 15–27
66. Meegaskumbura S, Meegaskumbura M, Schneider CJ. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships of the endemic Sri Lankan shrew genera: Solisorex and Feroculus, Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 43 (2): 65-71
67. Jayawardena B, Senevirathne G, Wijayathilaka N, Ukuwela K, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Megaskumbura M*. 2017. Species boundaries, biogeography and evolutionarily significant units in dwarf toads: Duttaphrynus scaber and D. atukoralei (Bufonidae: Adenominae), Ceylon Journal of Science (Special Issue) 2017: 79-87
c. Book chapters and essays
68. Meegaskumbura M, Pethiyagoda R, Wake D, Hanken J. 2008. Pickled frogs help biodiversity assessment. Threatened Amphibians of the World. Lynx Ediciones, with IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Conservation International, and NatureServe, Barcelona
69. Meegaskumbura M, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Pethiyagoda R, Schneider CJ. 2008. The use of phylogenies in predicting trends for conservation: A case study from Sri Lanka. Threatened Amphibians of the World. Lynx Ediciones, with IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Conservation International, and NatureServe, Barcelona
70. Pethiyagoda R, Meegaskumbura M, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Schneider CJ. 2008. Amphibian diversity and the case of Sri Lanka’s burgeoning inventory. Threatened Amphibians of the World. Lynx Ediciones, with IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Conservation International, and NatureServe, Barcelona
71. Bain R, Biju SD, Brown R, Das I, Diesmos A, Dutta S, Gower D, Inger R, Iskandar D, Kaneko Y, Lau MWN, Meegaskumbura M, Ohler A, Papenfuss T, Pethiyagoda R, Stuart B, Wilkinson M, Xie F. 2008. Amphibians of the Indomalayan Realm. Threatened Amphibians of the World. Lynx Ediciones, with IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Conservation International, and NatureServe, Barcelona
72. Meegaskumbura M, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Pethiyagoda R. 2012. Amphibians, Horton Plains Sri Lanka’s Cloud-Forest National Park. Wildlife Heritage Trust. 197–213
73. Pethiyagoda R, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Meegaskumbura M. 2014. Sri Lankan amphibians: extinctions and endangerment; pp. 157–172 in: Heatwole H, Das I. (eds), Conservation biology of amphibians of Asia — Status of conservation and decline of amphibians: Eastern Hemisphere. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu. xiv+382 pp
d. Articles
74. Meegaskumbura M. 1999. Tubifex worms for fishes, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, TFH Publications New Jersey XLVII 10 pp 58–68
75. Meegaskumbura M. 1999. Breeding and caring for Silver Dollars (Metynnis sp.). Tropical Fish Hobbyist, TFH publications XLVIII 1:253 pp 12–18
76. Meegaskumbura M. 1999. The life of the Red Ramanella (Ramanella obscura) from Sri Lanka, Loris 22:1 pp 22–28
77. Meegaskumbura M. 1999. Nature Portfolio, Sri Lanka Nature December: pp 39–48
78. Meegaskumbura M. 1999. Miniature Giants, Sri Lanka Nature December: pp 22–24
79. Meegaskumbura M. 2000. The ecology and reproduction of Red Ramanella (Ramanella obscura) from Sri Lanka, Amphibian and Reptile Hobbyist
80. Pethiyagoda R, Mamamendra-Arachchi K, Bahir MM, Meegaskumbura M. 2006. Sri Lankan amphibians: diversity, uniqueness and conservation. IN: The fauna of Sri Lanka: status of taxonomy, research and conservation, IUCN Sri Lanka 125–133
81. Meegaskumbura M. 2011. Taruga, a new tree-frog genus endemic to Sri Lanka, FrogLog 96: p36
82. Meegaskumbura M, Bowatte G, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Meegaskumbura S. 2011. Amphibian research in Sri Lanka, Froglog 98: 26–29
83. Swei et. al. 2011. Prevalence and distribution of chytridiomycosis throughout Asia, Froglog 98: 26–29
84. Samarawickrema P, Ariyasiri K, Menike U, Samarasinghe N, Meegaskumbura M. 2011. Observations of Black eagle nesting in Sri Lanka, Tigerpaper 25(2): 1–4
85. Meegaskumbura M. 2011. Morningside Threatened. The Island 05th Oct. 2011
86. Meegaskumbura M, Meegaskumbura S, Gunatilleke N, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Bowatte G, Gunathilaka T, Bandara C. 2012. Conservation and biogeography of Amphibians of eastern Sinharaja, Froglog 100: 12–14
87. Meegaskumbura M, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Bowatte G, Meegaskumbura S. 2012. A tiny lost shrub frog species found after 100 years. Froglog 101: 5
88. Senevirathne G, Bowatte G, Meegaskumbura M. 2014. An Ecological Service of Frogs: Tadpoles feeding on Dengue mosquito eggs. FrogLog 22(109)
89. Meegaskumbura M, Senevirathne G. 2015. Leaping through gel: how tree-frogs invade land. Hantana Vision, the research magazine of the University of Peradeniya 2
