Aneesh, Panakkool Thamban http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8506-5107
Helna, Ameri Kottarathil http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0659-2169
Kumar, Appukuttannair Biju http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5477-2119
Trilles, Jean-Paul
Funding for this research was provided by:
University Grants Commission (No.F.4-2/2006 (BSR)/BL/16–17/0401; dated: 28th August 2017)
Article History
Received: 17 January 2020
Revised: 9 May 2020
Accepted: 13 May 2020
First Online: 6 August 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The specimen is not under the listed category of experimental animals which need ethics approval.
: All necessary permits for sampling and observational field studies have been obtained by the authors from the competent authorities.
: Type and voucher specimens were deposited in the collections of Western Ghat Field Research Centre of Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode (ZSI/WGRC).
: PTA is the main worker on the topic and prepared the draft of the manuscript. PTA, AKH and AB conceived and designed research. PTA and AB conducted the field work. AKH helped with interpretation of the results. JPT critically reviewed for improving the quality of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.