About the Authors

Qin Chen

Affiliations Department of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Huanhuan Deng

Affiliations Department of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China

Steven E. Brauth

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Li Ding

Affiliation Department of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Yezhong Tang

tangyz@cib.ac.cn

Affiliation Department of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YT QC. Performed the experiments: QC HD. Analyzed the data: QC HD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QC HD LD. Wrote the paper: YT SEB QC.