About the Authors

Zeeshan A. Mirza

snakeszeeshan@gmail.com

Affiliation Post-Graduate Program in Wildlife Biology & Conservation, Wildlife Conservation Society-India Program, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore, India

Rajesh V. Sanap

Affiliation Post-Graduate Program in Ecology and Environment, Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, New Delhi, India

Harshal Bhosale

Affiliation Postgraduate Program in Environmental Sciences, Department of Environmental Science, Fergusson College, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZAM RVS. Performed the experiments: ZAM RVS HB. Analyzed the data: ZAM RVS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZAM RVS HB. Wrote the paper: ZAM RVS HB.