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The arid region includes areas in which the average annual rainfall does not exceed 100mm, whereas in the semi-arid region the average annual precipitation ranges between 100 and 250mm. Under xeric habitats we include areas where the annual rainfall can be higher provided it is restricted to a certain short period of the year; during the rest of the year, there is no precipitation nor any surface water. Temperatures during the summer are generally high in both arid and semi-arid habitats.
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Warburg, M.R. (1997). Xeric Habitats and Their Amphibian Inhabitants. In: Ecophysiology of Amphibians Inhabiting Xeric Environments. Adaptations of Desert Organisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60357-0_2
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