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have not been recorded after their initial description and 12 species have not been recordedfor nearly a century. Further, the type localities of many reptile species are given as Ceylonor the name of a major town, which is not precise and prevents a proper assessment of thestatus of such species. Study of systematics of the reptile fauna is also another identified needespecially the taxonomic status of the marine snake fauna of Sri Lanka which has not beenrevised for the past 52 years since the work done by Deraniyagala (1955). Since then, virtuallyno in-depth study on systematic has been carried out by scientists on marine snake fauna incoastal waters of Sri Lanka.References:Abyerami, S. & Sivashanthini, K., (2008). Current status of marine snakes from Jaffna Peninsula, Sri Lanka withdescription of hitherto unrecorded Hydrophis fasciatus fasciatus (Schneider, 1799). International Journal ofZoological Research, 4(4), pp.214–224.Bahir, M. M. & Silva, A., (2005). Otocryptis nigristigma, a new species of agamid lizard from Sri Lanka. The RafflesBulletin of Zoology, 12, pp.235–241.Batuwita, S. & Pethiyagoda, R., (2007). Description of a new species of Sri Lankan litter skink (Squamata: Scincidae:Lankascincus). Ceylon Journal of Science (Bio. Sci.), 36(2), pp.80–87.Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R., Greenbaum, E., de Silva, A., Giri, V. B. & Das, I., (2010a). Molecular evidence for thetaxonomic status of Hemidactylus brookii group taxa (Squamata: Gekkonidae). Herpetological Journal, 20,pp.129–138.Bauer, A. M., Jackman, T. R., Greenbaum, E., de Silva, A. & Giri, V. B., (2010b). South Asia supports a majorendemic radiation of Hemidactylus geckos. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 57, pp.343–352.Carranza, S. & Arnold, E. N., (2006). Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of Hemidactylus geckos (Reptilia:Gekkonidae) elucidated using mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetic and Evolution. 38,pp.531–545.Das, I. & de Silva, A., (2005). Snakes and Other Reptiles of Sri Lanka. New Holland Publishers.Das, I., De Silva, A. & Austin, C. C., (2008). A new species of Eutropis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Sri Lanka.Zootaxa, 1700, pp.35–52.de Silva, A., (1990). Colour Guide to the Snakes of Sri Lanka. Avon, England: R & A Publishing Ltd.de Silva, P. H. D. H., (1980). Snake Fauna of Sri Lanka. Colombo: National Museums of Sri Lanka. Colombo.Deraniyagala, P. E. P., (1953). A Colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon, Vol. 2, Tetrapod Reptilia. Colombo:Ceylon National Museum, Colombo.Deraniyagala, P. E. P., (1955). A Colored atlas of some vertebrates from Ceylon, Vol. 3, Serpentoid Reptilia.Colombo: Ceylon National Museums, Colombo.Gans, C. & Fetcho, J. R., (1982). The Sri Lankan Genus Aspidura (Serpentes. Reptilia, Colubridae). Annals ofCarnegie Museum, 51(14), pp. 271–316.Gower, D. J. & Maduwage, K., (2011). Two new species of Rhinophis Hemprich (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from SriLanka. Zootaxa. 2881, pp.51–68.Greer, A. E., (1991). Lankascincus a New Genus of Scincid Lizards from Sri Lanka, with Descriptions of Three NewSpecies. Journal of Herpetology, 25(1), pp.59–64.Karunarathna, D. M. S. S. & Amarasinghe, A. A. T., (2011). Natural history and Conservation status of CalodactylodesIllingworthorum Deraniyagala, 1953 (Sauria: Gekkonidae) in south-eastern Sri Lanka. Herpetotropicos, 6(1&2),pp. 5–10.Karunarathna, D. M. S. S. & Amarasinghe, A. A. T., (2011). Reptile diversity in Beraliya mukalana proposed forestreserve, Galle district, Sri Lanka. Taprobanica, 4(1), pp.20–26.Karunarathna, D. M. S. S., Amarasinghe, A. A. T., Abeywardena, U. T. I., Asela, M. D. C., Jayaneththi, H. B. &Madurapperuma, P. L., (2010). Some observations of Cnemaspis podihuna Deraniyagala, 1944 (Reptilia:Gekkonidae) in Sri Lanka. Gekko, 6(1), pp.23–29.Karunarathna, D. M. S. S. & Perera, W. P. N., (2010). New Distribution Records for Liopeltis calamaria (Günther,1858) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae), with Notes on its Bioecology and Threats in Sri Lanka. Sauria, 32(2),pp.51–57.Karunarathna, D. M. S. S., Wickramasinghe, L. J. M., Samarawickrama V. A. P. & Munindradasa, D. A. I., (2008).The range extension of genus Chalcides Laurenti, 1768 (Reptilia: Scincidae) in to Sri Lanka. Russian Journalof Herpetology, 15(3), pp.225–228.Maduwage K., Silva A., Manamendra-Arachchi, K. & Pethiyagoda, R., (2009). A taxonomic revision of the SouthAsian hump-nosed pit vipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Hypnale). Zootaxa, 2232, pp.1–28.102