Wednesday, 7 February 2018

Swaths of Asia inhabited by surprisingly related 'Lizards of the Lost Arcs'


Date:  January 25, 2018
Source:  University of Kansas

Summary:
A varied collection of lizards throughout Asia are unexpectedly close cousins of beach-dwelling mourning geckos, all descended from a common ancestor species that thrived along an ancient archipelago in the West Pacific that served as a 'superhighway' of biodiversity.


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