| The conservation status of the world’s reptiles M Böhm, B Collen, JEM Baillie, P Bowles, J Chanson, N Cox, ... Biological Conservation 157, 372-385, 2013 | 683 | 2013 |
| Trade in live reptiles, its impact on wild populations, and the role of the European market M Auliya, S Altherr, D Ariano-Sanchez, EH Baard, C Brown, RM Brown, ... Biological Conservation 204, 103-119, 2016 | 131 | 2016 |
| Lizards of Sri Lanka: a colour guide with field keys R Somaweera, N Somaweera Andreas S. Brahm, 2009 | 123 | 2009 |
| Genus-level phylogeny of snakes reveals the origins of species richness in Sri Lanka RA Pyron, HKD Kandambi, CR Hendry, V Pushpamal, FT Burbrink, ... Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66 (3), 969-978, 2013 | 120 | 2013 |
| Frogs under friendly fire: How accurately can the general public recognize invasive species? R Somaweera, N Somaweera, R Shine Biological Conservation 143 (6), 1477-1484, 2010 | 57 | 2010 |
| It’sa dog-eat-croc world: dingo predation on the nests of freshwater crocodiles in tropical Australia R Somaweera, JK Webb, R Shine Ecological Research 26 (5), 957, 2011 | 43 | 2011 |
| The Role of Predation in Shaping Crocodilian Natural History R Somaweera, M Brien, R Shine Herpetological Monographs 27, 23–51, 2013 | 41 | 2013 |
| Hatchling Australian freshwater crocodiles rapidly learn to avoid toxic invasive cane toads J Webb, R Somaweera, G Brown, R Shine Behaviour 148 (4), 501-517, 2011 | 36 | 2011 |
| The (non) impact of invasive cane toads on freshwater crocodiles at L ake A rgyle in tropical A ustralia R Somaweera, R Shine Animal Conservation 15 (2), 152-163, 2012 | 32 | 2012 |
| Why does vulnerability to toxic invasive cane toads vary among populations of A ustralian freshwater crocodiles? R Somaweera, R Shine, J Webb, T Dempster, M Letnic Animal Conservation 16 (1), 86-96, 2013 | 23 | 2013 |
| Varanus salvator D Bennett, M Gaulke, ER Pianka, R Somaweera, SS Sweet IUCN, 2013 | 23 | 2013 |
| A new species of coralsnake of the genus Calliophis (Squamata: Elapidae) from the Central Province of Sri Lanka EN Smith, K Manamendra-Arachchi, R Somaweera Zootaxa 1847 (1), 19-33, 2008 | 23 | 2008 |
| Sri Lankawe Sarpayin (‘The Snakes of Sri Lanka’) R Somaweera Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo, 2006 | 23* | 2006 |
| Serpents in jars: the snake wine industry in Vietnam R Somaweera, N Somaweera Journal of Threatened Taxa, 1251-1260, 2010 | 22 | 2010 |
| Distribution and current status of the endemic geckos of Sri Lanka M Wickramasinghe, R Somaweera Gekko 3 (1), 2-13, 2002 | 18 | 2002 |
| A catalogue and systematic overview of the shield-tailed snakes (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) RA Pyron, SR Ganesh, A Sayyed, V Sharma, V Wallach, R Somaweera Zoosystema 38 (4), 453-506, 2016 | 15 | 2016 |
| Nest‐site selection by crocodiles at a rocky site in the Australian tropics: Making the best of a bad lot R Somaweera, R Shine Austral Ecology 38 (3), 313-325, 2013 | 15 | 2013 |
| Australian freshwater crocodiles (Crocodylus johnstoni) transport their hatchlings to the water R Somaweera, R Shine Journal of Herpetology 46 (3), 407-411, 2012 | 15 | 2012 |
| Sexual dimorphism in conspicuousness and ornamentation in the enigmatic leaf-nosed lizard Ceratophora tennentii from Sri Lanka MJ Whiting, DWA Noble, R Somaweera Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 116 (3), 614-625, 2015 | 14 | 2015 |
| Determinants of habitat selection by hatchling Australian freshwater crocodiles R Somaweera, JK Webb, R Shine PLoS One 6 (12), e28533, 2011 | 14 | 2011 |
Richard ShineProfessor of Biology, Macquarie UniversityVerified email at mq.edu.au
