About the Authors

Pallagae Mangala C. S. De Silva

chathura@zoo.ruh.ac.lk

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

Khaja Shameem Mohammed Abdul

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

Eakanayake M. D. V. Eakanayake

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

Sudheera Sammanthi Jayasinghe

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ruhuna, Galle, Sri Lanka

Channa Jayasumana

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka

Hewa Bandulage Asanthi

Affiliation Department of Limnology, Faculty of Fisheries & Marine Sciences and Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

Hettiarachigae S. D. Perera

Affiliation Department of Limnology, Faculty of Fisheries & Marine Sciences and Technology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

Gamage G. Tushara Chaminda

Affiliation Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Ruhuna, Hapugala, Sri Lanka

Ediriweera P. S. Chandana

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka

Sisira H. Siribaddana

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: PMCSDS KSMA SSJ CJ EPSC SHS. Data curation: KSMA PMCSDS. Formal analysis: KSMA EMDVE PMCSDS SSJ. Funding acquisition: PMCSDS. Investigation: KSMA EMDVE HSDP. Methodology: PMCSDS KSMA EMDVE SSJ CJ EPSC HBA HSDP GGTC SHS. Project administration: PMCSDS. Resources: PMCSDS SSJ CJ EPSC HBA GGTC SHS. Supervision: PMCSDS SSJ CJ EPSC HBA GGTC SHS. Validation: PMCSDS KSMA SSJ CJ SHS. Visualization: KSMA EMDVE HSDP. Writing – original draft: KSMA. Writing – review & editing: PMCSDS KSMA EMDVE SSJ CJ EPSC HBA HSDP GGTC SHS.