Fauna showing evidence of recent evolution
Frogs in the genus Kyarranus/Philoria (We use Kyarranus in this discussion.)
Five species within this genus inhabit the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area. They are found in high rainfall rainforest at high altitudes (above 600 metres). They occur in separate localities and are considered to have arisen from evolution following fragmentation of an ancestral population that occurred more widely (allopatric speciation). The distributions of the species are shown below.
K. kundagungan - Mistake Mountain, Main Range, extending across the border to Beaury State Forest
K. loveridgei - McPherson Range (including Springbrook), Eastern Border Ranges, Nightcap Range
K. pughi - Gibraltar Range, Washpool
K. richmondensis - Richmond Range
K. sphagnicolus - New England NP, Dorrigo NP, Werrikimbe NP |