Sudasinghe, Hiranya http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0994-3462
Raghavan, Rajeev http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4612-3271
Dahanukar, Neelesh http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7162-9023
Pethiyagoda, Rohan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7215-9617
RĂ¼ber, Lukas http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0125-008X
Meegaskumbura, Madhava http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4599-6724
Article History
Received: 17 October 2020
Accepted: 27 August 2021
First Online: 29 September 2021
Declarations
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: Fieldwork and sampling in Sri Lanka were carried out by permission of the Department of Wildlife Conservation (Permit No. WL/3/2/59/14) and Forest Department (Permit No. R&E/RES/NFSRCM/14-16-4) to HS and MM. Methods of sampling and euthanasia (using tricaine methane sulfonate) were approved by the ethics committee of the Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, at its 27th meeting held on August 4, 2017. All material derived from India are based on previous published work.
: The authors declare no competing interests.