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. 2012 Apr 12;7(4):e34420. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034420

Table 1. Geography, richness and equilibrium descriptions across biogeographical regions.

Afrotropic(without islands) Australasia(without islands) Indo-Malay (without islands) Madagascar Nearctic(without islands) Neotropic(without islands) Palearctic(without islands)
Area (number of 2decimal degrees cells) 513 488 187 28 1212 559 2041
Maximum and Minimum Latitude 21° HN35° HS 3° HN47° HS 33°HN3° HN 11° HS25° HS 83°HN21°HN 27°HN55°HS 81°HN 17°HN
Number of total latitude geographic coordinates 56° 50° 30° 14° 62° 77° 64°
Percentage in Tropic- Subtropic/Temperate regions 100/0 96.5/3.5 100/0 100/0 30.6/69.4 80.5/19.5 35.9/64.1
Longitudinal wider extent 17°W51°E 113°E179°E 67°E21°E 41°E51°E 179°W13°W 109°W35°W 17°W179°E
Number of longitude geographic coordinates 68 66 54 10 166 74 196
Number of Biomes 9 9 10 5 11 12 10
Species richness (% total amphibians) 686 (12.9) 516 (9.7) 661 (12.4) 218 (4.1) 249(4.7) 2684 (50.6) 295(5.6)
O/P 0.55 0.70 0.48 0.89 0.83 0.45 0.55