Data and codes from: Orchards and paddy differentially impact rock outcrop amphibians: Insights from community- and species-level responses

This project contains data and codes from a study investigating the responses of rock outcrop amphibians to land-use change in the lateritic plateaus of the northern Western Ghats, at the community-level and at species-level. Species Coverage: Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Euphlyctis jaladhara, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus, Minervarya cepfi, Minervarya gomantaki, Minervarya syhadrensis, Sphaerotheca dobsonii, Gegeneophis seshachari, Microhyla nilphamariensis, Uperodon mormoratus, Hydrophylax bahuvistara, Polypedates maculatus. Geographic Coverage: Bakale, Devache Gothane, Devi Hasol and Gaonkhadi plateus of Ratnagiri District, Maharashtra State, India. (16°31’–16°48’N; 73°19–73°29’E) Temporal Coverage: June, July, August, September (2022). Methods: Nighttime belt (100 × 6 m2) transect surveys were conducted (four temporal replicates), and at each 20 m point during each temporal replicate, in a 3-m radius circular subplot, the observer recorded the microhabitat variables. We calculated pool volume by multiplying the pool depth with the length (longest dimension) and width (second longest dimension) of the pool. We calculated stream cross-sectional volume within the subplot by multiplying the maximum depth and subplot diameter. The percentages of woody vegetation, flush vegetation, and grass cover were visually estimated. The finest level of spatial data was at the subplot level, which is the 20× 6 m2 segment of the transect and the associated circular plot from where we collected the amphibian abundance and microhabitat data respectively. For details about the microhabitat variables associated descriptions and untis, refer to the preprint and supplementary materials (https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.03.560737 ). Funding: On the Edge (UK) The Habitats Trust (India) The Bombay Environmental Action Group (India)