Litoria mira • Multiple Trans-Torres Strait Colonisations by Tree Frogs in the Litoria caerulea Group (Anura: Pelodryadidae), with the Description of A New Species from New Guinea

Australia and New Guinea (together referred to as Sahul) were linked by land for much of the late Tertiary and share many biotic elements. However, New Guinea is dominated by rainforest, and northern Australia by savannah. Resolving patterns of biotic interchange between these two regions is critical to understanding the expansion and contraction of both habitat types.  Leer más.