About the Authors

Yong Huang

Affiliations Department of Herpetology, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu Sichuan, P.R. China, Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Nanning Guangxi, P.R. China

Xianguang Guo

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

Simon Y. W. Ho

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Haitao Shi

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou Hainan, P.R. China

Jiatang Li

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

Jun Li

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

Bo Cai

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

Yuezhao Wang

arcib@cib.ac.cn

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW YH XG. Performed the experiments: YH Jun Li BC. Analyzed the data: YH XG SYWH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS Jiatang Li. Wrote the paper: YH XG SYWH YW.