Communications Biology (Nov 2022)
Melanesia holds the world’s most diverse and intact insular amphibian fauna
- Paul M. Oliver,
- Deborah S. Bower,
- Peter J. McDonald,
- Fred Kraus,
- Jennifer Luedtke,
- Kelsey Neam,
- Louise Hobin,
- Alienor L. M. Chauvenet,
- Allen Allison,
- Evy Arida,
- Simon Clulow,
- Rainer Günther,
- Elizah Nagombi,
- Burhan Tjaturadi,
- Scott L. Travers,
- Stephen J. Richards
Affiliations
- Paul M. Oliver
- Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University
- Deborah S. Bower
- Zoology Discipline, School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England
- Peter J. McDonald
- Flora and Fauna Division, Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security
- Fred Kraus
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
- Jennifer Luedtke
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group
- Kelsey Neam
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group
- Louise Hobin
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group
- Alienor L. M. Chauvenet
- Centre for Planetary Health and Food Security, Griffith University
- Allen Allison
- Bishop Museum
- Evy Arida
- Division of Zoology, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)
- Simon Clulow
- Centre for Conservation Ecology and Genomics, Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra
- Rainer Günther
- Museum für Naturkunde
- Elizah Nagombi
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- Burhan Tjaturadi
- Center for Environmental Studies, Sanata Dharma University (CESSDU)
- Scott L. Travers
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-Newark
- Stephen J. Richards
- IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04105-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
Melanesia, centred on the vast tropical island of New Guinea, is shown to have the most diverse and intact insular frog fauna in the world.
