About the Authors

Achmad Ariefiandy

Affiliation The Komodo Survival Program, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

Deni Purwandana

Affiliation The Komodo Survival Program, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia

Aganto Seno

Affiliation Komodo National Park, Labuan Bajo, Flores, Indonesia

Claudio Ciofi

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

Tim S. Jessop

tjessop@unimelb.edu.au

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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