Author's Biography

NIRMALA PERERA

Range extension for Duttaphrynus kotagamai (Amphibia: Bufonidae) and a preliminary checklist of herpetofauna from the Uda Mäliboda Trail in Samanala Nature Reserve, Sri Lanka. 2012. Indika Peabotuwage, I. Nuwan Bandara, Dinal Samarasinghe, Nirmala Perera, Majintha Madawala, Chamara Amarasinghe, H. K. Dushantha Kandambi, D. M. S. Suranjan Karunarathna. Amphibian and Reptile Conservation 5(2):52-64(e38).

NIRMALA PERERA is a naturalist and has had a special in¬terest in amphibians and reptiles ever since his childhood. He conducts various conservation events on biodiversity restora¬tion and education programs for the local community and as an environmentalist, he is engaged in numerous snake rescue programs. He is a member of the Young Zoologists’ Associa¬tion (YZA), National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka and cur¬rently works as a project manager (Human-Elephant Conflict Program, Udawalawe) for the Born Free Foundation, Sri Lanka country office.