About the Authors

Mark D. Scherz

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mark.scherz@gmail.com

Affiliations Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), München, Germany, Zoological Institute, Braunschweig University of Technology, Braunschweig, Germany

Frank Glaw

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM-SNSB), München, Germany

Carl R. Hutter

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States of America

Molly C. Bletz

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States of America

Andolalao Rakotoarison

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Zoologie et Biodiversité Animale, Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Jörn Köhler

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

Miguel Vences

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Zoological Institute, Braunschweig University of Technology, Braunschweig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.