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Funding for this research was provided by:
The Habitats Trust (Lesser Known Species Grant 2019)
Article History
Received: 29 November 2023
Accepted: 26 April 2024
First Online: 14 August 2024
Competing interests
: We confirm that all the work is original and that this manuscript has not been submitted for publication elsewhere. The authors declare no conflicts of interest. We have followed all local, national, and international regulations and ethical research practices and there was no collection of specimens. This work was supported by The Habitats Trust and funding was provided to Metastring Foundation. The authors declare that no funds, grants, or other support were received during the preparation of this manuscript. Mapping Malabar Tree Toad Programme—individuals contributed towards data points for the analysis through a citizen science programme. ACK, PH and KVG conceived and designed the study. ACK ran model algorithms, and prepared tables and figures. ACK and PH wrote the text. ACK, PH, KVG, RC and SH read and approved the final manuscript. All authors have read the final manuscript and approved it for submission. Data availability—Occurrence data of Malabar Tree Toad (<i>Pedostibes tuberculosus</i>) used in this study are available as open access in the following repositories—; ; ; Environmental Layers used in the study are available as open access in the following repositories—; ; ; <u>;</u> Protected Area vector layer—