Dylan van Winkel is a wildlife ecologist and consultant herpetologist based in New Zealand who is active in reptile and amphibian conservation. Marleen Baling is a wildlife ecologist with a special interest in New Zealand herpetology and wildlife restoration, including reptile translocations and monitoring. Rod Hitchmough is a New Zealand Department of Conservation science adviser whose specialties include the taxonomy of lizards, geckos, and skinks.
Winner of the Whitley Award for Best Field Guide, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales