# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rohan-pethiyagoda
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:17:44.163Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rohan-pethiyagoda"
name: "Rohan Pethiyagoda"
slug: "rohan-pethiyagoda"
description: "Rohan David Pethiyagoda is a Sri Lankan biodiversity scientist, amphibian and freshwater-fish taxonomist, author, conservationist and public-policy advocate."
tagline: "Sri Lankan biodiversity explorer and conservationist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rohan_Pethiyagoda.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1955-11-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.12
  momentum:             7.116279069767441
  historical:           5.279914666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Rohan Pethiyagoda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ৰোহন পেথিয়াগোডা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rohan Pethiyagoda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohan_Pethiyagoda"
    title: "Rohan Pethiyagoda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohan_Pethiyagoda"
    title: "Rohan Pethiyagoda"
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    title: "റോഹൻ പെത്തിയാഗോഡ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump