About the Authors

Ubirajara Oliveira

ubiologia@yahoo.com.br

Affiliation Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Antonio D. Brescovit

Affiliation Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil

Adalberto J. Santos

Affiliation Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UO ADB AJS. Performed the experiments: UO. Analyzed the data: UO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UO ADB AJS. Wrote the paper: UO ADB AJS. Designed the software used in analysis: UO.