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Graduate Research Assistant, Guangxi University, China- 
Participatory coral reef research and rehabilitation in the East coast of Sri Lanka
Chinese Government Scholarship
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SCIB)Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Ellepola G. and Meegaskumbura M. (2023). Diversification and biogeography of Rhacophoridae – a model testing approach. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11: 1195689.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1195689
BMC Ecology and Evolution
Sun D, Ellepola G, Herath J, Meegaskumbura M. (2023). The two chytrid pathogens of amphibians in Eurasia-climatic niches
and future expansion. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 23(1): 26.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-023-02132-y
Zootaxa
Wijayathilaka N, Perera U, Manamendra-Arachchi K, et al.. (2023). Pseudophilautus pardus,
a junior synonym of P. viridis (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae).. Zootaxa, 9;5227(4): 459-472.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37044677/
Journal of Fungi
Sun, D., Ellepola, G., Herath, J. et al. (2023). Ecological barriers for an amphibian pathogen: a narrow ecological
niche for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in an Asian Chytrid hotspot. Journal of Fungi, 9: 11.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9090911
Frontiers in Veterinary siences
Herath, J., Sun, D., Ellepola., G. et al. (2023). Emerging threat of Ranavirus: prevalence, genetic diversity, and
climatic drivers of Ranavirus (Iridoviridae) in ectothermic vertebrates of Asia. . Frontiers in Veterinary siences, 10: 1291-1872.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10701541/#:~:text=Results,protein%20(MCP)%20gene%20frag
ISME Communications
Sun, D., Herath, J., Shipeng, J., Ellepola, G. et al (2023). Associations of Batrachochytrium
dendrobatidis with skin bacteria and fungi on Asian amphibian hosts. . ISME Communications, 3: 123.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-023-00332-7
Communications Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03292-1
Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution
Mao, TR., Liu, YW., Vasconcellos,
MM., Pie, MR., Ellepola, G., Fu, C.,
Yang, J. and Meegaskumbura, M. (2022). Evolving in the darkness: phylogenomics of Sinocyclocheilus cavefishes highlights recent diversification and cryptic diversity. Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution, 168: ISSN 1055-7903.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107400
Frontiers in Microbiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.823254
BMC Ecol Evo
Mao, TR., Liu, YW., Ellepola, G., Pie, MR., Meegaskumbura,
M. et al. (2021). Evolution in Sinocyclocheilus cavefish
is marked by rate shifts, reversals, and origin of novel traits. BMC Ecol Evo, 21: 45.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01776-y
PLoS ONE
Ellepola G,
Herath J, Manamendra-Arachchi K, Wijayathilaka N, Senevirathne G, Pethiyagoda
R, et al. (2021). Molecular species
delimitation of shrub frogs of the genus Pseudophilautus (Anura,
Rhacophoridae). PLoS ONE, 16(10): e0258594.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258594
Ecology and Evolution
Herath, J., Ellepola, G. and Meegaskumbura, M.
(2021) (2021). Patterns
of infection, origins, and transmission of ranaviruses among the ectothermic
vertebrates of Asia. Ecology and Evolution, 00: 1-22.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8243
Ocean and Coastal Management
Ellepola, G., Harsichandra, S and Ranawana, K.B (2021). Spatial analysis of
geophysical and environmental factors characterize distinct coral reef habitats
around Sri Lanka; implications for management. Ocean and Coastal Management, 210: ISSN 0964-5691.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105667
Gajah
Alahakoon, A. M. D.B., Pushpakumara, E. M. A. B., Ellepola, G and Ranawana, K. B. (2017). Food and feeding patterns of Asian Elephants in Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka. Gajah, 46: 4-13.
Check List The Journal of Biodiversity Data
Rajakaruna, S., Ellepola, G., Gunaratne, T., Madawala., S. and Ranawana, K.B. (2015). Two new localities of the endangered fish Systomus martenstyni (Kottelat & Pethiyagoda, 1991) (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) found in Sri Lanka. Check List The Journal of Biodiversity Data, 11(3): 1622 .
International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies
Anis M.U.M, Ellepola, G. and Ranawana, K.B. (2015). Brush Park fishery targeting ornamental fish in Negombo Estuary, Sri Lanka. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 2(4): 378-381 .
Journal of the Department of Wildlife Conservation
Angammana, N., Ranawana, K.B. and Ellepola, G. (2015). Evaluation of damage caused by elephants (Elephas maximus maximus) to the woody vegetation in Udawalawe National Park. Journal of the Department of Wildlife Conservation, 2015(3): 20-30 .
International Journal of Novel research in Life Sciences
Jayaratne, S., Ellepola, G. and Bandara, S. (2015). Effects of forest transformation to species composition of land snails in Gannoruwa Forest Reserve, Kandy, Sri Lanka. International Journal of Novel research in Life Sciences, 2(5): 24-29 .
Wetlands Sri Lanka
Ellepola, G., Harischandra, S., Dhanushka, M. G. G. and Ranawana, K. B. (2015). Restoring our coral reefs; an experience from Passikudah, Sri Lanka. Wetlands Sri Lanka, 2(1): 24-29 .
International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies
Ellepola G., Ranawana, K.B. and Harischandra, S. (2014). Utilization of fishery resources in the Panama lagoon, Ampara District, Sri Lanka. International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 1(5): 32-37.
Ceylon Journal of Science (Bio. Sci.)
De Silva, T., Ellepola, G., Fernando, S. and Ranawana, K.B. (2014). Comparison of Avifaunal Composition in a Natural and a Regenerating Forest: towards using Birds as Ecological Indicators. Ceylon Journal of Science (Bio. Sci.), 42 (2): 71-78.
Journal of the Department of Wildlife Conservation
Ellepola, G., Harischandra, S. and Dhanushka, M.G.G. (2014). In-situ sea turtle nest protection program in Panama-Okanda coastal stretch in the east coast of Sri Lanka: A successful conservation activity with community participation. Journal of the Department of Wildlife Conservation, 2014(2): 163-170 .