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The herpetogeography of Hispaniola, West Indies
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Biodiversidad - República DominicanaFauna ─ República Dominicana
Hábitats y especies
Biogeografía
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- Investigación ambiental [1332]
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Show full item recordAbstract: | The modern West Indian island of Hispaniola is in actuality a fusion of two formerly separate islands, each of which presumably supported a distinctive herpetofauna. With the union of these two paleoislands, there has been extensive to small interchange of these faunas; the purpose of the present paper is to analyze the degrees of similarity and difference between the two primal herpetofaunas. A brief sketch of the geography of Hispaniola is given. This is in turn followed by discussions of the 179 native species of amphibians and reptiles of Hispaniola, cataloguing them into six categories. |
Author(s): | Schwartz, Albert
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Date: | 1980 |
Published: | Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 61(1), 86–127 |
Citation: | Schwartz, Albert. (1980). The herpetogeography of Hispaniola, West Indies. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 61(1), 86–127. Recuperado de: |
URI: | https://bvearmb.do/handle/123456789/2089
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