Supplement Series No. 12 (30 June 2005)

Contributions to Biodiversity Exploration and Research in Sri Lanka

Introduction: Exploring Sri Lanka’s biodiversity. R. Pethiyagoda. Pp. 1-4. [pdf, 62kb]

New species records of Sri Lankan mosses. B. C. Tan. Pp. 5-8. [pdf, 139kb]

Plant biogeography and conservation of the south-western hill forests of Sri Lanka. I. A. U. N. Gunatilleke, C. V. S. Gunatilleke & M. A. A. B. Dilhan. Pp. 9-22. [pdf, 226kb]

The Darwin Initiative Project on Sri Lankan landsnails: patterns of diversity in Sri Lankan forests. F. Naggs, D. Raheem, K. Ranawana & Y. Mapatuna. Pp. 23-29. [pdf, 298kb]

Presence of the alpheid shrimp genus Potamalpheops Powell, 1979 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) in South Asia, with description of a new species from Sri Lanka. A. Anker. Pp. 31-37. [pdf, 131kb]

Lancaris, a new genus of freshwater shrimp from Sri Lanka (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae). Y. Cai & M. M. Bahir. Pp. 39-46. [pdf, 258kb]

Descriptions of ten new species of freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Parathelphusidae: Ceylonthelphusa, Mahatha, Perbrinckia) from Sri Lanka. M. M. Bahir & P. K. L. Ng. Pp. 47-75. [pdf, 870kb]

A revision of the genus Oziotelphusa Müller, 1887 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parathelphusidae), with descriptions of eight new species. M. M. Bahir & D. C. J. Yeo. Pp. 77-120. [pdf, 916kb]

A conservation assessment of the freshwater crabs of Sri Lanka. M. M. Bahir, P. K. L. Ng, K. Crandall & R. Pethiyagoda. Pp. 121-126. [pdf, 151kb]

A review of the barbs of the Puntius filamentosus group (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) of southern India and Sri Lanka. R. Pethiyagoda & M. Kottelat. Pp. 127-144. [pdf, 195kb]

The identity of the south Indian barb Puntius mahecola (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). R. Pethiyagoda & M. Kottelat. Pp. 145-152. [pdf, 122kb]

Molecular phylogenetics of Sri Lankan Ichthyophis (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Ichthyophiidae), with discovery of a cryptic species. D. J. Gower, M. M. Bahir, Y. Mapatuna, R. Pethiyagoda, D. Raheem & M. Wilkinson. Pp. 153-161. [pdf, 199kb]

The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species. K. Manamendra-Arachchi & R. Pethiyagoda. Pp. 163-303. [pdf, 14.8MB]

Description of eight new species of shrub-frogs (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae: Philautus) from Sri Lanka. M. Meegaskumbura & K. Manamendra-Arachchi. Pp. 305-338. [pdf, 1.3MB]

Reproduction and terrestrial direct development in Sri Lankan shrub frogs (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae: Philautus). M. M. Bahir, M. Meegaskumbura, K. Manamendra-Arachchi, C. J. Schneider & R. Pethiyagoda. Pp. 339-350. [pdf, 326kb]

Description of five new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka. S. Batuwita & M. M. Bahir. Pp. 351-380. [pdf, 800kb]

Calotes desilvai, a new species of agamid lizard from Morningside Forest, Sri Lanka. M. M. Bahir & K. P. Maduwage. Pp. 381-392. [pdf, 473kb]

Otocryptis nigristigma, a new species of agamid lizard from Sri Lanka. M. M. Bahir & A. Silva. Pp. 393-406. [pdf, 481kb]

A conservation assessment of the Sri Lankan Agamidae (Reptilia: Sauria). M. M. Bahir & T. Surasinghe. Pp. 407-412. [pdf, 151kb]

Interspecific variation in Moschiola, the Indian chevrotain. C. P. Groves & E. Meijaard. Pp. 413-421. [pdf, 223kb]

An second extinct big cat from the Late Quaternary of Sri Lanka. K. Manamendra-Arachchi, R. Pethiyagoda, R. Dissanayake & M. Meegaskumbura. Pp. 423-434. [pdf, 893kb]