Toad radiation reveals into-India dispersal as a source of endemism in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>High taxonomic level endemism in the Western Ghats-Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot has been typically attributed to the subcontinent's geological history of long-term isolation. Subsequent out of – and into India dispersal of spe...

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Main Authors: Bossuyt Franky, Loader Simon P, Biju SD, Van Bocxlaer Ines
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/131