About the Authors

Benjamin M. Croak

benjamin.croak@sydney.edu.au

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

David A. Pike

Affiliation School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

Jonathan K. Webb

Affiliation School of the Environment, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Richard Shine

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts. Australian Reptile Park provided funding for this study. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BC DP JW RS. Performed the experiments: BC DP JW. Analyzed the data: BC JW RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS. Wrote the paper: BC DP JW RS.