Ruchira Somaweera

Ruchira Somaweera, Australian herpetologist

• CSIRO Land and Water Flagship, 50B Angove St., North Perth, WA 6006. Australia

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 1 taxon names authored by Ruchira Somaweera

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2008

• Smith, E.N., Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Somaweera, R. 2008. A new species of coralsnake of the genus Calliophis (Squamata: Elapidae) from the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Zootaxa 1847: 19–33. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

2014

• Somaweera, R., Woods, D. & Sonneman, T. 2014. A note on the Australian freshwater crocodiles inhabiting Tunnel Creek cave, West Kimberley. Records of the Western Australian Museum 29(1): 82–87. Abstract and full article (PDF) on publisher website Reference page. 

2015

• Somaweera, R., Pantoja, D.L. & Deepak, V. 2015: Forgotten records of Chrysopelea taprobanica Smith, 1943 (Squamata: Colubridae) from India. Zootaxa 3947(4): 597–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.4.11. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Van Rooijen, J., Vogel, G. & Somaweera, R. 2015. A revised taxonomy of the Australo-Papuan species of the colubrid genus Dendrelaphis (Serpentes: Colubridae). Salamandra 51(1): 33–56. PDF Reference page. 

2019

• Pyron, R.A. & Somaweera, R. 2019. Further notes on the Sri Lankan uropeltid snakes Rhinophis saffragamus (Kelaart, 1853) and Uropeltis ruhunae Deraniyagala, 1954. Zootaxa 4560(3): 592–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.13 Reference page.