About the Authors

Rebecca J. Laver

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Deni Purwandana

Affiliation The Komodo Survival Program, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

Achmad Ariefiandy

Affiliation The Komodo Survival Program, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

Jeri Imansyah

Affiliation The Komodo Survival Program, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

David Forsyth

Affiliation Arthur Rylah Institute for Environmental Research, Department of Sustainability and Environment, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Claudio Ciofi

Affiliation Department of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Tim S. Jessop

tjessop@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Department of Wildlife, Conservation and Science, Zoos Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TSJ DF CC. Performed the experiments: DP AA JI CC TJ. Analyzed the data: RL TJ CC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TJ CC. Wrote the paper: RL TJ DF.