Table 4 Pedostibes tuberculosus distribution area covered in different models. MEM: MaxEnt model, ESM: Ensemble model, MEM-NWG: MaxEnt model for Northern Western Ghats population, MEM-SWG: MaxEnt model for Southern Western Ghats population, WG: Western Ghats, PAs: Protected areas in Western Ghats.

From: Revisiting current distribution and future habitat suitability models for the endemic Malabar Tree Toad (Pedostibes tuberculosus) using citizen science data

Method

Models

Total area covered (km2)

Area covered in WG (km2)

Total area in PA (km2)

No. of PAs covered

MEM

Present Distribution with Selected Env layers

4556.95

4443.38

1491.37

37

MIROC-ES2L SSP 1.2.6

7062.99

6899.21

2592.28

16

HadGEM3-GC31-LL SSP 1.2.6

7278.61

7274.50

3151.86

29

MIROC-ES2L SSP 5.8.5

1263.31

1263.31

838.95

14

HadGEM3-GC31-LL SSP 5.8.5

2330.74

2330.74

466.73

18

ESM

Present Distribution with Selected Env layers

18,563.76

17,306.86

4066.25

44

MIROC-ES2L SSP 1.2.6

17,378.89

16,691.65

4144.17

25

HadGEM3-GC31-LL SSP 1.2.6

27,049.93

20,467.33

4873.69

30

MIROC-ES2L SSP 5.8.5

7124.11

7124.11

2012.81

28

HadGEM3-GC31-LL SSP 5.8.5

10,896.48

10,894.82

2704.20

34

MEM-NWG

Present Distribution with Selected Env layers

2052.60

1994.21

610.14

12

MIROC-ES2L SSP 1.2.6

5237.62

4702.69

2036.85

13

HadGEM3-GC31-LL SSP 1.2.6

4416.91

7140.24

3059.01

10

MIROC-ES2L SSP 5.8.5

7616.85

4259.35

2011.98

11

HadGEM3-GC31-LL SSP 5.8.5

10,610.37

8626.25

2981.08

13

MEM-SWG

Present Distribution with Selected Env layers

3436.21

3302.88

597.71

24

MIROC-ES2L SSP 1.2.6

3604.49

3567.25

444.34

12

HadGEM3-GC31-LL SSP 1.2.6

1266.71

5098.41

1100.08

23

MIROC-ES2L SSP 5.8.5

5157.21

1245.46

245.38

15

HadGEM3-GC31-LL SSP 5.8.5

1944.01

1917.04

439.37

20