About the Authors
- Amanda J. Chunco
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* E-mail: achunco@elon.edu
Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina, United States of America
- Somphouthone Phimmachak
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Affiliations Department of Biology, National University of Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Department of Zoology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Niane Sivongxay
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Affiliation Department of Biology, National University of Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR
- Bryan L. Stuart
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Affiliation North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Competing Interests
The Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education (SPIRE) grant K12GM000678 from the Minority Opportunities in Research division of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)/National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (DEB-1145922) provided funding for this research. The May 2012 locality of L. laoensis was obtained during a field survey supported by the Nam Ngum 3 Power Company Limited. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BLS AJC. Performed the experiments: BLS AJC SP NS. Analyzed the data: AJC BLS NS SP. Wrote the paper: BLS AJC.