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Amphibians and reptiles are treated together in this chapter because, overall, they have similar and complementary Zoogeographic patterns with respect to the faunal interchange of the Americas. We are each interested in amphibian and reptilian zoogeography, but because we are not systematic specialists in both groups, we have written this Chapter together. The basic amphibian data are discussed by Heyer and the reptile data by Vanzolini.
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Vanzolini, P.E., Heyer, W.R. (1985). The American Herpetofauna and the Interchange. In: Stehli, F.G., Webb, S.D. (eds) The Great American Biotic Interchange. Topics in Geobiology, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-9181-4_18
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