WESTERN GHATS DIVERSITY

WESTERN GHATS DIVERSITY

The Western Ghats hosts an impressive number of species that are found no where else in the world. Conservation International has notified the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka as a “biodiversity hotspot”: a designation given to areas with high endemism under threat from anthropomorphic sources. This album highlights a selection of color pictures of some of those species. Most of the plants, birds, mammals and reptiles here are endemic while others are notable.

Ahaetulla_nasuta#1(6_06)(LOGO).jpg
Ahaetulla_sp_at_Gundar#1(7_12)(LOGO).jpg
Damsel_fly_at_SNVP#1a(MR)(04_16).jpg
Ficedula_nigrorufa_on_bark#1a(LOGO)(01_16).jpg
GB_Laughing_Thrush_at_BS#2a(MR)(07_16).jpg
Irena_puella_at_SNVP#2a(MR)(04_16).jpg
Paphiopedilium_druryi_at_VCT_1a(MR)(04_17).jpg
Rhacophorus_Malabaricus_(HPM2)#2a(MR)(6_06).jpg
Sholicola_albiventris_&_orchids_1(LOGO)(04_17).jpg
T_macrolepis_(bamboo)_1a(04_17)(LOGO).jpg
Trachypithecus_johnii_male_at_Thekkady#3a(LOGO)(06_16).jpg
Trachypithecus_johnii_mother_at_Thekkady#3a(LGOG)(06_16).jpg
Trochalopteron_cachinnans_in_Ooty#3b(MR)(07_16).jpg
Gaur_adult_in_BS#1a(06_16).jpg
Gaur_At_Kukaal_Under_Tree#2(6_06).jpg
Malabar_Giant_Squirrel#1a(7_09).jpg
Red_fungi_at_Kukaal_AM#6a(7_06).jpg
Slender_Loris_At_Sirsi#1(11_04).jpg
Nilgiritragus_hylocrius_&_kid_4a(2002).jpg
Trimeresurus_macrolepis_(55)(Tongue)#1s1(7_11).jpg