Morphological traits of the invasive Asian common toad Duttaphrynus melanostictus in Madagascar

This release provides data for analysis as published in the following manuscript:

Licata, F., Andreone, F., Crottini, A., Harison, R. F. & Ficetola, G. F. 2021. Does spatial sorting occur in the invasive Asian toad in Madagascar? Insights of the invasion unveiled by morphological analyses. In review.

details dataset: Morphological data of invasive adult Asian common toads of Madagascar.

For each individual are made available: ID, id toad; Date, date of collection; Sex, sex of the toad; Easting/Northing, UTM coordinates; Latitude/Longitute, decimal degrees coordinates; SVL, snout-to-vent lenght (mm); HW, head width (mm); RUL, radioulnar length (mm); TBL, tibiofibular length (mm); Mass, weight (g); Year, year of sampling; Distance, distance from point of introduction; JD, julian date; RI, body condition index (i.e. Residual index); TBL.rel,  TBL/SVL*100; HW.rel, HW/SVL*100; RUL.rel, RUL/SVL*100.