Jane Melville:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-6423
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ValidationRole: VisualizationRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
David G. Chapple: Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
J. Scott Keogh:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1373-6186
Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Joanna Sumner:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0498-6642
Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Andrew Amey:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6366-2875
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Phil Bowles:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7808-3892
Role: Data curationRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Ian G. Brennan:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-5224
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Patrick Couper:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0439-6757
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Stephen C. Donnellan: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Paul Doughty: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Danielle L. Edwards:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1165-4427
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Ryan J. Ellis:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9272-8204
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Damien Esquerré: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Jéssica Fenker:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7430-3886
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Michael G. Gardner: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Arthur Georges: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Margaret L. Haines: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Conrad J. Hoskin: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Mark Hutchinson:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2910-1983
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Craig Moritz: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
James Nankivell:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0521-7383
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Paul Oliver:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4291-257X
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Carlos J. Pavón-Vázquez:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7484-7026
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Mitzy Pepper: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Daniel L. Rabosky:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7499-8251
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Kate Sanders: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Glenn Shea: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Sonal Singhal: Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Jessica Worthington Wilmer:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4362-4054
Role: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Reid Tingley: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review
& editing
Andy P. Dobson: Role: Academic Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS Biol
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS Biol
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosbiol
Title:
PLoS Biology
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Print):
1544-9173
ISSN
(Electronic):
1545-7885
Publication date
(Electronic):
1
June
2021
Publication date Collection:
June
2021
Publication date PMC-release: 1
June
2021
Volume: 19
Issue: 6
Electronic Location Identifier: e3001210
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Sciences, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
[2
]
Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, MI, United States of America
[3
]
School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
[4
]
Division of Ecology & Evolution, Research School of Biology, Australian National University,
Canberra, Australia
[5
]
Biodiversity & Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia
[6
]
Snake & Lizard Red List Authority, CI-IUCN Biodiversity Assessment Unit, IUCN North
America Office, Washington, DC, United States of America
[7
]
South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia
[8
]
Collections & Research, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, Australia
[9
]
Department of Life & Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced, Merced,
CA, United States of America
[10
]
Biologic Environmental Survey, East Perth, Australia
[11
]
College of Science & Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
[12
]
Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
[13
]
College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
[14
]
School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
[15
]
Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Australia
[16
]
Museum of Zoology & Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
[17
]
School of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
[18
]
Australian Museum Research Institute, The Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
[19
]
Department of Biology, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, United
States of America
Princeton University, UNITED STATES
Author notes
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PBIOLOGY-D-20-03622
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001210
PMC ID: 8168848
PubMed ID: 34061821
SO-VID: d4b876a9-20f0-4061-87d8-43aa0801dffc
Copyright © © 2021 Melville et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001058, Australian-American Fulbright Commission;
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9994-6423
Jane Melville
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000153, Division of Biological Infrastructure;
Award ID: DBI-1519732
Award Recipient
:
Sonal Singhal
JM undertook this work supported by an Australian Fulbright Commission scholarship;
S.S. received funding support to undertake research that allowed assessment in the
current study from the NSF (DBI-1519732). The funders had no role in study design,
data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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Data Management
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Taxonomy
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Organisms
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Eukaryota
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Animals
Subject:
Vertebrates
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Amniotes
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Reptiles
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Zoology
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Animals
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Vertebrates
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Amniotes
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Reptiles
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Squamates
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Ecology
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Ecological Metrics
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Species Diversity
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Ecology and Environmental Sciences
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Ecology
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Ecological Metrics
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Species Diversity
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Ecology and Environmental Sciences
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Conservation Science
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Conservation Biology
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Endangered Species
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Ecology and Environmental Sciences
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Conservation Science
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Conservation Biology
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Endangered Species
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Conservation Biology
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Ecology and Environmental Sciences
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Conservation Biology
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Evolutionary Biology
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Evolutionary Processes
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