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THE modern amphibian fauna of the Nothofagus (beech) forests of Patagonia is poor in taxa, but rich in endemics—characteristics which make this fauna challenging for evolutionists. Because of a general lack of adequate data about the taxonomy and the distribution of the frogs involved, however, their evolutionary history has not yet been interpreted satisfactorily. Much new information has recently been published about these amphibians (especially the book by Cei1) so I have analysed the evolutionary history of frogs from the Nothofaguas forests.
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VUILLEUMIER, F. Origin of Frogs of Patagonian Forests. Nature 219, 87–89 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/219087a0
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