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University of Peradeniya: Senior Lecturer in Zoology, Department of Zoology- 
Systematics and Phylogenetic relationships of Murine rodents in Sri Lanka
Life member of Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)
University Scholarship 1997 for best results in Zoology
Merit award for publications 2015, 2016 NRC, Sri LankaJournal of Bacteriology and Mycology
Saranga Yathramullage and Suyama Meegaskumbura (2016). Leptospira reservoirs among small mammals in Sri Lanka. Journal of Bacteriology and Mycology, 3(5): 1040.
Ceylon Journal of Science
SarangaYathramullage, UmeshaDissanayake, RupikaRajakaruna and Suyama Meegaskumbura (2016). New Records of Small Mammal Hosts for Five Ectoparasite Species from Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science, 45(3)2016: 29-37 .
ZoologicaScripta
Meegaskumbura M., Senevirathne G., Biju S. D., Grag S., Meegaskumbura S., Pethiyagoda R., Hanken J., and Schneider C. J. (2015). Patterns of reproductive-mode evolution in Old World tree frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae). ZoologicaScripta, 44(5): 509 – 522 .
PGIS Research Congress
SarangaYathramullage, Madhava Meegaskumbura and Suyama Meegaskumbura (2015). Small mammal reservoir hosts for Leptospira in Kurunegala district. PGIS Research Congress, .
67th annual convention of the Sri Lanka Veterinary Association
SarangaYathramullage and Suyama Meegaskumbura (2015). Murine rodent reservoir hosts and arthropod vectors transmitting Rickettsiae in Kandy District. 67th annual convention of the Sri Lanka Veterinary Association, .
iPURSE 2015
SarangaYathramullage, UmeshaDissanayake, RupikaRajakaruna and Suyama Meegaskumbura (2015). Ectoparasites (ticks and fleas) of small mammals (murine rodents and shrews) from selected sites in Kurunegala and Kandy districts. iPURSE 2015, .
iPURSE 2015
AmaPothuhera and Suyama Meegaskumbura (2015). Microhabitata affinities of murine rodents (rats and mice) inhabiting grassland habitats in Peradeniya University premises. iPURSE 2015, .
Ceylon Journal of Science
Niroshini, D.M.C. and Meegaskumbura, S. (2014). Identification of Sri Lankan muroid rodents using hair anatomy. Ceylon Journal of Science, 43(2): 17-30 .
Ceylon Journal of Science
Meegaskumbura, S., Meegaskumbura M. and Schneider, C. J. (2014). Phylogenetic relationships of the endemic Sri Lankan shrew genera: Solisorex and Feroculus. Ceylon Journal of Science, 43 (2): 65-71 .
Journal of Asia Pacific Entomology
SarangaYathramullage, Madhava meegaskumbura and Meegaskumbura, S. (2014). Record of five new endemic small mammal hosts for four ectoparasite species from Sri Lanka. Journal of Asia Pacific Entomology, 17: 473–476 .
Biological Control
GayanBowatte, PiyumaliPerera, GayaniSenevirathne, Suyama Meegaskumbura,Madhava Meegaskumbura (2013). Tadpoles as dengue mosquito (Aedesaegypti) egg predators. Biological Control, 67 (2013): 469–474 .
Peradeniya University Research Sessions
NiroshanJayalathBandara and Meegaskumbura S. (2013). Microhabitat affinities of five small mammal species in two habitats at lower Hantana, Peradeniya. Peradeniya University Research Sessions, .
Peradeniya University Research Sessions
SarangaYathramullage and Meegaskumbura S. (2013). Record of five new endemic small mammal hosts for four tick and flea species from Sri Lanka. Peradeniya University Research Sessions, .
Ceylon Journal of Science
Meegaskumbura, S., Meegaskumbura M. and Schneider, C. J. (2012). Phylogenetic position of Suncusfellowesgordoni with pigmy shrews from Madagascar and Southeast Asia inferred from cytochrome-b. Ceylon Journal of Science, 41 (1): 83-87 .
Ceylon Journal of Science
Menike, U., Manawadu, D. and Meegaskumbura, S. (2012). Diagnoss of Sri Lankan shrews using hair anatomy. Ceylon Journal of Science, 41(1): 45-66 .
Zootaxa
Meegaskumbura, M., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Bowatte, G., Meegaskumbura, S. (2012). Rediscovery of Pseudophilautussemiruber, a diminutive (Rhacophoridae: Pseudophilautus) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa, 3229: 58-68 .
Zootaxa
Meegaskumbura, S., Meegaskumbura M. and Schneider, C. J. (2012). Re-evaluation of the taxonomy of the Sri Lankan pigmy shrew Suncusfellowesgordoni (Soricidae: Crocidurinae) and its phylogenetic relationship with S. etruscus. Zootaxa, 3187: 57-68 .
BOOK CHAPTERS
Pethiyagoda R. and Meegaskumbura S. (2012). Mammals. In: Pethiyagoda R. (Ed.) Horton Plains, Sri Lanka’s cloud-forest National park. Wildlife Heritage Trust Publications (Private) Limited. BOOK CHAPTERS, .
Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
Ariyasiri, K., Bowatte, G., Menike, U., Meegaskumbura, S. and Meegaskumbura, M. (2011). Predator- induced plasticity in tadpoles of Polypedates cruciger (Anura: Rhacophoridae). Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, 5(2): 14-21 .
Ceylon Journal of Science
Meegaskumbura M., Meegaskumbura, S.,Bowatte G., Manamendra-Arachchi, K., Pethiyagoda, R., Hanken J. and Schneider C.J. (2010). Taruga (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), a relict endemic genus of foam nesting tree frogs from Sri Lanka. Ceylon Journal of Science, 39 (2): 1-20 .
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Meegaskumbura, S., Meegaskumbura M. and Schneider, C. J. (2010). Systematic relationships and taxonomy of Suncusmontanusand S. murinus from Sri Lanka. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 55: 473-487 .
Peradeniya University Research Sessions
Wijayasinghe T.W.M.M, Gunatilleke I.A.U.N and Meegaskumbura S. (2010). Day-roosting activity budget of Pteropusgiganteus (Indian Flying Fox) in Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniiya. Peradeniya University Research Sessions, .
Peradeniya University Research Sessions
Ratnayake R.M.A.S. and Meegaskumbura S. (2010). Effect of cercariae infection on Phenotype, behaviour and reproduction of the freshwater snail Melanoidestuberculata (Gastropoda: Thiaridae) in Sarasavioya, University of Peradeniiya. Peradeniya University Research Sessions, .
Peradeniya University Research Sessions
ImeshNuwanBandara and Meegaskumbura S. (2009). Territorial and Site Fidelity Behaviour of Lyriocephalusscutatus(Agamidae: Draconinae). Peradeniya University Research Sessions, .
Peradeniya University Research Sessions
Ironi I. Nagasena, Rajapakse R. P. V. J. and Meegaskumbura S. (2009). Gastrointestinal Parasites in Two Troops of Wild MacacaSinicain the University of Peradeniya Premises. Peradeniya University Research Sessions, .
Evolution Meetings,
Meegaskumbura M., Pethiyagoda, R., Meegaskumbura S., and Schneider C.J. (2009). Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of Old World Tree Frogs (Anura: Rhacophoridae). Evolution Meetings,, University of Idaho, USA.
Ceylon Journal of Science
Meegaskumbura, S., and Schneider, C. J. (2008). A taxonomic evaluation of the shrew Suncusmontanus (Soricidae: Crocidurinae) of Sri Lanka and India. Ceylon Journal of Science, 37 (2): 129-136 .
Peradeniya University Research Sessions
UdeniManike and Meegaskumbura S. (2008). External Parasites of Suncusmurinus in the Uviveristy of Peradeniya premises. Peradeniya University Research Sessions, .
Zootaxa
Meegaskumbura, Suyama, Meegaskumbura, M., Pethiyagoda, R., Manamendra-Arachchi, K. and Schneider, C. J. (2007). Crocidura hikmiya, a new shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Sri Lanka. Zootaxa, 1665: 19-30.
Annual Research Sessions of the Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya
Meegaskumbura M and Meegaskumbura S.H. (1998). Reproductive Behavior and Captive Spawning of Belontiasignata, an Endemic Belontid of Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the. Annual Research Sessions of the Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, .
54th Annual Research Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science
Meegaskumbura S.H., Meegaskumbura M. (1998). New Records of Helminth Parasites in Some Endemic and Indigenous Freshwater Fishes of Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the. 54th Annual Research Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, .
54th Annual Research Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science
Meegaskumbura M, Meegaskumbura S.H. (1998). An Efficient Method to Extract and Clean Tubificid Worms for Use as a Live Food in Aquaria. Proceedings of the. 54th Annual Research Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, .
53rd Annual Research Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science
Boyagoda S.H., Amerasinghe P. H. (1997). Acephaline gregarines (Apicomplexa: Aseptatina) of Earthworms Pheretimaand Eudrilus. Proceedings of the. 53rd Annual Research Sessions of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, .
Awareness Seminar of some Invertebrate Faunal Groups of Sri Lanka. 11th November 1997. Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya
De Silva D. N. and Boyagoda S. H. (1997). The fresh water crustaceans of Sri Lanka. Awareness Seminar of some Invertebrate Faunal Groups of Sri Lanka. 11th November 1997. Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, .