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The American Herpetofauna and the Interchange

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Book cover The Great American Biotic Interchange

Part of the book series: Topics in Geobiology ((TGBI,volume 4))

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Amphibians and reptiles are treated together in this chapter because, overall, they have similar and complementary Zoogeographic patterns with respect to the faunal interchange of the Americas. We are each interested in amphibian and reptilian zoogeography, but because we are not systematic specialists in both groups, we have written this Chapter together. The basic amphibian data are discussed by Heyer and the reptile data by Vanzolini.

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  1. Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    P. E. Vanzolini

  2. Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 20560, USA

    W. Ronald Heyer

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  1. University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA

    Francis G. Stehli

  2. The Florida State Museum, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    S. David Webb

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Vanzolini, P.E., Heyer, W.R. (1985). The American Herpetofauna and the Interchange. In: Stehli, F.G., Webb, S.D. (eds) The Great American Biotic Interchange. Topics in Geobiology, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9181-4_18

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