Table 3. Degree of climatic equilibrium for amphibians within the seven biogeographical regions.

	Afrotropic	Australasian	Indo-Malay	Madagascar	Nearctic	Neotropics	Palearctics
Afrotropic	____	5.33***	0.54NS	8.95***	8.07***	4.17**	0.78NS
Australasian		____	5.43***	4.84***	2.91NS	9.31***	3.66*
Indo-Malay			_____	8.97***	8.03***	3.05*	1.17NS
Madagascar				_____	2.36NS	11.68***	7.47***
Neartic					_____	11.80***	6.15***
Neotropics						______	3.85*
Paleartics							_____

^*** P<0.0001,

^** P<0.001,

^* P<0.05,

NS = Non significant.

Kruskal Wallis test between pairs of regions differences.