Natatanuran frogs used the Indian Plate to step-stone disperse and radiate across the Indian Ocean

(Science China Press) The evolutionary history of near-cosmopolitan Natatanuran frogs involved using the Indian Plate as a stepping-stone to disperse between Africa, Asia and Madagascar. This research, led by Dr. Jing Che (KIZ, CAS), together with an international team, challenges the traditional view that the Indian Plate ferried biota across the Indian Ocean and carried Gondwanan biodiversity to Asia in the Early Tertiary. The research provides exciting new insights into Indian Ocean biotic exchanges.
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