Malabar tree toad Malabar tree toad The Malabar tree toad or warty Asian tree toad ("Pedostibes tuberculosus") is a species of toad found in forests along the Western Ghats of India south of Goa. It is small and is found in wet tree hollows or leaf bases containing water. This is a slender frog with a moderate-sized head. The snout is pointed and the lores are vertical. The distance between the eyes is as wide as the upper eyelid width. The ear opening (tympanum) is well marked and is about a third of the diameter of the eye. The fingers are moderate, depressed,
Malabar District Varam means "slope" or "side of a hill". In Northern and North-Central Kerala (including all Malabar districts except Palakkad and parts of Malappuram district), where Malabar proper is located, words that start in Southern Malayalam/Tamil with the letter "V" tend to be pronounced with the letter "B". Thus, Malabar comes from the Northern Malayalam words "Mala-Bar(am)" meaning "hillside land". The district was widely scattered and consists of the following parts:- kasaragod District Kannur District Wayanad District Kozhikode District Malappuram District Palakkad District Thrissur District The Malabar cuisine depicts it culture and heritage. It is famous for Malabar biriyani. The city