Western Ghats - Rain forests of India

The Western Ghats are a mountain range in India, run along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separate the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea.

They contain the largest patches of moist deciduous forest and rain forest in southern India. These forests are home to diverse fauna and flora, many of them showing affinities to the Malayan region, but are increasingly threatened by human activity. Several national parks and other protected areas lie within the range, but it is estimated that only a small fraction of the Western Ghats remains in pristine condition. The Silent Valley National Park in Kerala is considered by many to be the last tracts of virgin tropical evergreen forest in India.

Biogeographers have long recognized the distinctive plant and animal communities of the Western Ghats. Many of these faunal and floral elements are not found anywhere else in India except in parts of northeastern India. The Western Ghats are also home to many endemic species, and the endemism is especially high in the amphibian and reptilian fauna.

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[daboiarusselii]

2:06- Sri Lanka Frogmouth (Batrachostomus monileger)

[mmanoba]

Great! I was mining the web crazily to identify it. Thanks a ton for the info.

[Paul Kinman]

Thanks Mmanoba,

i was wondering about the butterflies at the 3:30 - 3:40. I was wondering about those butterflies because i know that they are mainly found in the ocianic islands like malaysia, indonesia, and the philippine islands. They are a protected species, and very beautiful. Can you really find those in India? I traveled to Bangldesh this past July, and that would have been great to know if they where in that area! lol

beautiful movie and music! good job!

[mmanoba]

Hi, Thanks. Yes in India there are many rich protected biospheres. One is "Western Ghats" rain forests range. Many species are endemic to that region. As per WIKI (check with "Western Ghats") there are 650 butterfly species reported from this area.

As for Bangladesh, I don't know much, but there are 1) "Sundarbans", the largest mangrove forests in the world to the South, 2) "Chittagong Hill Tracts" to the Southeast, 3) border regions close to India's Northeast all are praised for biodiversity.

[Priya Purohit]

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[Royston D'Souza]

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