K.b. Ranawana
 Senior Professor
                            Department of Zoology                                                        
University of Peradeniya
                                                        Sri Lanka
                        
Biography
Life Member Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka (C. Biol.); Membership-Award Life Member Wildlife & Nature Protection Society of Sri Lanka; Membership-Award Presidential Awards for Research - 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 .
Research Interest
Mangroves and coral reefs.
Publications
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KovaÅ™Ãk, F., G. Lowe, K. B. Ranawana, D. Hoferek, V. A. S. Jayarathne, J. PlÃÅ¡ková and F. Šťáhlavský.; (2016). Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat. n. Euscorpius, 220: 1-133.
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Scorpions of Sri Lanka (Scorpiones: Buthidae, Chaerilidae, Scorpionidae) with description of four new species of the genera Charmus Karsch, 1879 and Reddyanus Vachon, 1972, stat. n. (2016)
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Does spatial variation in predation pressure modulate selection for aposematism? (2017)