About the Authors

John C. Murphy

serpentresearch@gmail.com

Affiliation Science & Education, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, 60605, United States of America

Michael J. Jowers

Affiliations National Institute of Ecology, 1210 Geumgang-ro, Maseo-myeon, Seocheon-gun, 33657, Republic of Korea, CIBIO/InBIO (Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos), Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrario De Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas n°7, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal

Richard M. Lehtinen

Affiliation Department of Biology, 931 College Mall, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, 44691, United States of America

Stevland P. Charles

Affiliation Department of Biology, Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia, 20059, United States of America

Guarino R. Colli

Affiliation Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brasil

Ayrton K. Peres Jr

Affiliation Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brasil

Catriona R. Hendry

Affiliation Department of Biology, The George Washington University, 2023 G St. NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20052, United States of America

R. Alexander Pyron

Affiliation Department of Biology, The George Washington University, 2023 G St. NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20052, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCM MJJ RML RAP CRH GRC. Performed the experiments: MJJ RML RAP CRH GRC AKP SPC. Analyzed the data: JCM MJJ RAP RML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JCM MJJ RAP RML GRC AKP CRH SPC. Wrote the paper: JCM RAP MJJ RML. Field work carried out by: JCM RML SPC GRC AKP.