ATHERTON PLATEAU Cracraft 1991

ATHERTON PLATEAU Cracraft 1991

Available Names: 
Atherton Plateau Cracraft 1991: 213.
Area Taxonomy: 
TERRESTRIAL ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
Sub-Realm: 
AUSTRALIA Prichard 1826
Region: 
TORRESIAN (Hedley 1894)
Sub-Region: 
ATHERTON PLATEAU Cracraft 1991
Diagnosis: 
“(M)oist closed-forest (rainforest) habitats” ...“circumscribed by the lowlands to the north, by drier, more open habitats to the west, and by open woodland in the region of the Burdekin River valley” (Cracraft 1991: 213).
Type-locality: 
Mount Hypipamee, Mount Hypipamee National Park, Queensland, Australia, 17°25'28.84"S 145°28'59.40"E.

The Atherton Tableland overlaps exactly with that of Crisp et al. (1995).

Map: 
Reference: 
Patterns of diversification within continental biotas: hierarchical congruence among the areas of endemism of Australian vertebrates

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