Taxonomic and conservation implications of population genetic admixture, mito-nuclear discordance, and male-biased dispersal of a large endangered snake, Drymarchon couperi

• Brian Folt ,

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

  * E-mail: brian.folt@gmail.com

  Current address: Alabama Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Auburn University Museum of Natural History, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2278-2018

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• Javan Bauder,

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

  Affiliations The Orianne Society, 11 Fruitstand Lane, Tiger, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America

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• Stephen Spear,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Orianne Society, 11 Fruitstand Lane, Tiger, Georgia, United States of America, The Wilds, Cumberland, Ohio United States of America

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• Dirk Stevenson,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations The Orianne Society, 11 Fruitstand Lane, Tiger, Georgia, United States of America, Altamaha Environmental Consulting, Hinesville, Georgia, United States of America

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• Michelle Hoffman,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation The Orianne Center for Indigo Conservation, Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens, Sanford, Florida, United States of America

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• Jamie R. Oaks,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Auburn University Museum of Natural History, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3757-3836

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• Perry L. Wood Jr.,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Auburn University Museum of Natural History, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Christopher Jenkins,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation The Orianne Society, 11 Fruitstand Lane, Tiger, Georgia, United States of America

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• David A. Steen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Georgia Sea Turtle Center, Jekyll Island Authority, Jekyll Island, Georgia, United States of America

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• Craig Guyer

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

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences and Auburn University Museum of Natural History, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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