Burdekin Gap

The Burdekin Gap, named for the Burdekin River, is a biogeographical feature in Queensland, northeastern Australia, which separates populations of freshwater fishes and other water-dependent land animals, such as the delicate skink (Lampropholis delicata)[1] by a corridor of hot and dry habitat that acts as a barrier to genetic exchange. Birds, except those that are rainforest-dependent,[2] are more likely to intergrade across the Gap.

Notes

  1. ↑ David G. Chapple, et al.. "Phylogeographic divergence in the widespread delicate skink (Lampropholis delicata) corresponds to dry habitat barriers in eastern Australia", 2011.
  2. ↑ John C. Avise, Phylogeography: the history and formation of species, 2000, map, p.254.
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