About the Authors

Luca Cornetti

Affiliations Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology - Centre for Research and Innovation, Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele all’Adige, Italy, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Università di Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Michele Menegon

Affiliation Museo di Scienze, Trento, Italy

Giovanni Giovine

Affiliation Stazione sperimentale regionale per lo studio e la conservazione degli anfibi in Lombardia, Lago di Endine – Casazza, Bergamo, Italy

Benoit Heulin

Affiliation Station Biologique, CNRS UMR 6553, Paimpont, France

Cristiano Vernesi

cristiano.vernesi@fmach.it

Affiliation Department of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology - Centre for Research and Innovation, Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele all’Adige, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC CV. Performed the experiments: LC. Analyzed the data: LC CV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM GG BH. Wrote the paper: LC BH CV.