Argentine Black and White Tegu (Salvator merianae) can survive the winter under semi-natural conditions well beyond their current invasive range

• Scott M. Goetz ,

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

  * E-mail: sgoetz@usgs.gov

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8705-5316

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• David A. Steen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Melissa A. Miller,

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

  Affiliation Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Davie, Florida, United States of America

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• Craig Guyer,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Jack Kottwitz,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• John F. Roberts,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

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• Emmett Blankenship,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation All Pets Emergency and Referral Center, Alpharetta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Phillip R. Pearson,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Conservation, Ecology, and Genetics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Bruce, Australian Capital City, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8109-7649

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• Daniel A. Warner,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, College of Sciences and Mathematics, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America

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• Robert N. Reed

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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