[Taxacom] Hylidae Pacific frog distribution

[John Grehan]

While most frog groups seem to conform to the Atlantic/Indian Ocean
baseline, the Hylidae as a whole have a range conforming to that of the
Pacific with Eurasian extension (i.e. absent from Africa and India apart
from the very north). It's a nice example that would be worth further
investigation of Phylogenetic affinities (so to whether the N and S
America affinities are trans Pacific, Atlantic, or both. Maybe there are
fossils of this family outside the living range in Africa or India.

 

John Grehan

 

Dr. John R. Grehan

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