Oedipina Complex (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Oedipina Complex

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Scientists think that salamanders from North America arrived in South America before the accepted date for the closure of the Isthmian land bridge 3 million years ago, supporting Bacon et al's assertion that the Isthmus closed at an earlier date.

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