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ARNHEM LAND Cracraft 1991
ARNHEM LAND Cracraft 1991
Area Taxonomy:
TERRESTRIAL ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
Sub-Realm:
AUSTRALIA Prichard 1826
Region:
TORRESIAN (Hedley 1894)
Sub-Region:
ARNHEM LAND Cracraft 1991
Diagnosis:
“(W)oodland and low woodland habitats of Arnhem Land ... isolated from the Kimberley Plateau to the west by the Victoria and Daly River valleys [...] to the south by the lowlands of the northern interior desert, and to the south-east by drier, more open habitats around the Gulf of Carpentaria” (Cracraft 1991: 213).
Type-locality:
Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia, 12°52'1.10"S 132°48'40.14"E.
Both the Cape York Peninsula and Arnhem Land diagnoses refer to “drier lands, more open habitats”. These may be defined geographically, referring to the boundaries of deserts or savannahs. While these diagnoses are vague (i.e. not specifying which interior desert), they do communicate where one would expect to find a biotic break.
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