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Ruchira Somaweera

Affiliations: 
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) 
Area:
Herpetology
Website:
https://www.ruchira-somaweera.net/
Google:
"https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=n6k0_swAAAAJ&hl=en"
Bio:

Dr Ruchira Somaweera is an evolutionary biologist at the Australia’s national science institute, the CSIRO, and specialises on the ecology and conservation of reptiles. His research underpins the common theme of the adaptive significance of reptiles to the changes in their environment. Ruchira’s current field work programs range from sea snakes in the Indian Ocean, to crocodiles in remote Australian outback, to reptiles of Komodo national park in Indonesia, to the endemic horned lizards in the high mountains of Sri Lanka. His work has led to numerous scientific papers, four books, several children's and citizen science publications, and has been showcased in documentaries and TV series both nationally and internationally. As a National Geographic Explorer and a scientist of the STEM Professionals in Schools program of the Australian government, Ruchira is actively involved in the inspiring the next generation of biologists and popularising science among the general public.

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Richard (Rick) Shine grad student University of Sydney (Evolution Tree)
Bruce Lloyd Webber post-doc Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)

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Francine James grad student 2010-2011 University of Sydney
Tess McLaren grad student 2016-2017 University of Melbourne
James Barr grad student 2018-2020 Curtin University
Abhilasha Aiyer grad student 2019-2020 University of Sydney
Glenn Maslen grad student 2019-2020 University of Western Australia

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Somaweera R, Udyawer V, Amarasinghe AAT, et al. (2023) Apparent coordinated and communal hunting behaviours by Erabu sea krait Laticauda semifactiata. Scientific Reports. 13: 21471
Batabyal A, Zambre A, Mclaren T, et al. (2023) The extent of rapid colour change in male agamid lizards is unrelated to overall sexual dichromatism. Ecology and Evolution. 13: e10293
Aiyer A, Bell T, Shine R, et al. (2022) Taking the bait: Developing a bait delivery system to target free-ranging crocodiles and varanid lizards with a novel conservation strategy. Ecology and Evolution. 12: e8933
Aiyer A, Shine R, Somaweera R, et al. (2022) Shifts in the foraging tactics of crocodiles following invasion by toxic prey. Scientific Reports. 12: 1267
Barr JI, Somaweera R, Godfrey SS, et al. (2020) When one tail isn't enough: abnormal caudal regeneration in lepidosaurs and its potential ecological impacts. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Somaweera R, Nifong J, Rosenblatt A, et al. (2020) The ecological importance of crocodylians: towards evidence-based justification for their conservation. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
Somaweera R. (2020) Historical context, current status and management priorities for introduced Asian house geckos at Ashmore Reef, north-western Australia Bioinvasions Records. 9: 408-420
Udyawer V, Somaweera R, Nitschke C, et al. (2020) Prioritising search effort to locate previously unknown populations of endangered marine reptiles Global Ecology and Conservation. 22: e01013
Cao R, Somaweera R, Brittain K, et al. (2020) Genetic structure and diversity of Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) from the Kimberley, Western Australia Conservation Genetics. 21: 1-9
Barr JI, Boisvert CA, Somaweera R, et al. (2019) Re-regeneration to reduce negative effects associated with tail loss in lizards. Scientific Reports. 9: 18717
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