About the Authors

Frank Portillo

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

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Edward L. Stanley

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

Affiliation Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

William R. Branch

† Deceased.

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Port Elizabeth Museum, Humewood, South Africa, Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Werner Conradie

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Port Elizabeth Museum, Humewood, South Africa, School of Natural Resource Management, George Campus, Nelson Mandela University, George, South Africa

Mark-Oliver Rödel

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany

Johannes Penner

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Wildlife Management, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Michael F. Barej

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany

Chifundera Kusamba

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratoire d’Herpétologie, Département de Biologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lwiro, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wandege M. Muninga

Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratoire d’Herpétologie, Département de Biologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lwiro, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mwenebatu M. Aristote

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institut Supérieur d'Écologie pour la Conservation de la Nature, Katana Campus, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Aaron M. Bauer

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jean-François Trape

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratoire de Paludologie et Zoologie Médicale, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Dakar, Senegal

Zoltán T. Nagy

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Independent Researcher, Berlin, Germany

Piero Carlino

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Museo di Storia naturale del Salento, Calimera, Italy

Olivier S. G. Pauwels

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Département des Vertébrés Récents, Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium

Michele Menegon

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Biology and Conservation Ecology, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom

Ivan Ineich

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, Département Systématique et Evolution (Reptiles), ISyEB (Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité), Paris, France

Marius Burger

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations African Amphibian Conservation Research Group, Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa, Flora Fauna & Man, Ecological Services Ltd. Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Ange-Ghislain Zassi-Boulou

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Institut National de Recherche en Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

Tomáš Mazuch

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Independent Researcher, Dříteč, Czech Republic

Kate Jackson

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, United States of America

Daniel F. Hughes

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Mathias Behangana

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Eli Greenbaum

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft

egreenbaum2@utep.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

MFB is affiliated with Flora Fauna & Man, Ecological Services Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.