Sivanath mamilla
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Flora and Fauna
Andhra Pradesh
• There are
• 1 Tiger Reserve,
• 1 Elephant Reserve (Koundinya Sanctuary
and Rayala Elephant Reserve),
• 1 Biosphere Reserve (Seshachalam),
• 3 National Parks and
• 13 Wildlife Sanctuaries in the State.
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• Andhra Pradesh has 1,64.325.89 [Link]. of
geographical area of the Notified Forest area
is 36,914.69 [Link]. which is 22.46% of its
geographical area.
• Forest under Protected Area Network is
8139.89 [Link]. which is 22.05%.
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• There are
• 1 Tiger Reserve,
• 1 Elephant Reserve (Koundinya Sanctuary
and Rayala Elephant Reserve),
• 1 Biosphere Reserve (Seshachalam),
• 3 National Parks and
• 13 Wildlife Sanctuaries in the State.
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The State is endowed with varied Eco-systems,
habitats, and rich heritage of Biodiversity and is a store
house of unique flora and fauna.
It harbours some of the rare and endangered (not
exactly IUCN endangered ) flora like
• Pterocarpus santalinus (Red Sanders),
• Cycas beddomi,
• Shorea tambaggia,
• Syzizium alternifolium,
• Terminalia pallida etc.
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Pterocarpus santalinus
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Cycas beddomi
• Cycas beddomei is a species of cycad in the
genus Cycas, native to India, where it is
confined to a small area of Andhra
Pradesh state in the Tirumala
Hills in scrubland and brush covered hills
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Shorea tumbuggaia
• Shorea tumbuggaia is a species of plant in
the Dipterocarpaceae. It is native to Andhra
Pradesh and Tamil Nadu in India. The species
is found widely in Seshachalam and Veligonda
hills in Cuddapah and Tirupati hills of Chittoor
district of Andhra Pradesh to North Arcot and
Chingleput, districts of Tamil Nadu
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Syzygium alternifolium
IUCN Red List Status: Endangered (EN)
• Syzygium alternifolium is a species of plant in
the family Myrtaceae.
• It is native to North Arcot, Cuddapah, Kurnool,
and the Nagari hills, in eastern Chittoor
district, India.
• It has alternate leaves.
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Terminalia pallida
IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (VU)
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It has fauna like
• Tiger,
• Gaur (Indian Bison),
• Great Indian Bustard,
• Lesser Florican,
• Jerdon’s Courser,
• Golden Gecko, other avifauna like
• Flamingo,
• Pelican etc.
It has the Second largest Mangrove eco-system in the
country (Godavari and Krishna Estuaries.)
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Pelican
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Flamingo
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Lesser Florican
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Lesser Florican
• The Lesser Florican has been given the
conservation status of Endangered. Belonging
to the Bustard family the place to see it is the
Rollapadu Sanctuary. The males of this species
are known for its leaping breeding behaviour
during the monsoon season.
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Tiger
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Great Indian bustard
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Great Indian Bustard
• Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary in Kurnool district
is the place in Andhra Pradesh to see the Great
Indian Bustard.
• The sanctuary was established to protect this
magnificent bird that has been listed as critically
endangered by hunting and loss of habitat.
• These birds are often found associated in the
same habitat as the Blackbuck, the state animal
of Andhra Pradesh
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Gaur (Indian Bison)
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Jerdon’s Courser
• The bird known only from history records was
considered extinct until it was rediscovered in
1986.
• Now it is documented only in Andhra Pradesh. It
is currently known to exist only at the Sri
Lankamalleshwara Wildlife Sanctury.
• The bird had recently “gone underground again”,
but the Forest Department officials still believe it
has not gone extinct and are trying to document
it with camera traps.
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Jerdon’s Courser
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper
• This is a small wader which breeds in north
eastern Russia.
• It created a flutter when it was sighted and
“documented” in Kolleru Bird Sanctuary. Bird
enumerators have been look out for this bird
ever since.
• The most distinctive feature of this bird is its
spatulate bill.
• This bird too is listed as ‘critically endangered’.
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper
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SRI VENKATESWARA NATIONAL PARK
AND SANCTUARY
• Named after Lord Venkateswara, the presiding
deity of Tirumala, is the beautiful S.V. Sanctuary &
National Park, which have rich biodiversity.
• The habitat supports rare and endangered
animals and plants, a few of them endemic to this
region.
• The entire core area of the Sanctuary is declared
as National Park duly enhancing the conservation
status of the populations.
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• Legal Status :
The total area of Sri Venkateswara Wildlife
Sanctuary is 525.97 sq kms and it is declared
as Sanctuary on 02-09-1985. Out of this, an
area of 353.62 sq kms is declared as Sri
Venkateswara National Park on 16-10-1989
• Temperature:
Mean annual: 25.22° C; Max: 43oC; Min: 14° C
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Hill Ranges
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Uniqueness
• The Sanctuary is a wonderful abode for rare
and endangered floral and faunal species
which are endemic only to Seshachalam hills
in the whole world.
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Indicator Species
Cycas beddomei, Pterocarpus santalinus (Red
sanders), Slender loris, Golden gecko.
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Cycas beddomei
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Pterocarpus santalinus (Red sanders)
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Slender loris
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Golden gecko
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Forest Type:
• Southern tropical dry deciduous forests, Dry
Red sanders bearing forests and Southern dry
mixed deciduous forests.
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Flora:
• This serene forest is brimming with a rich in
faunal diversity like Cycas beddomei, the living
fossil is endemic to this region, Shorea
robusta, Santalum album, Red sanders,
Sterculia urens, East Indian cork screw tree,
Ficus religiosa, etc.
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Shorea robusta
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Santalum album
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Sterculia urens
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East Indian cork screw tree
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Ficus religiosa
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Fauna:
• The health of any ecosystem depends on all the
componets viz; biotic as well as abiotic.
• Apart from plants, invertebrates too play a very
crucial role in balancing the ecological web in
nature.
• Insects like Preying mantis, Painted grasshopper,
Click beetle, Silk cotton bug, etc; play a crucial
role in maintaining a proper balance in the food
chain.
• The forest is also rich in other lower invertebrates
like arachnids, molluscs, etc.
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• Amphibians that control the insects are represented by
Tree frog, Bull frog, etc.
• Reptiles diversity is represented by the rare, endemic
and the endangered Golden gecko, Monitor lizard,
Russell’s viper, etc.
• Birds like Grey hornbill, Crested serpent eagle, Black
headed oriole, Pied kingfisher, etc. make this – a
harmonious place in the abode of Lord Tirumala.
• Apart from Slender Loris, the Sanctuary is also a home
to mammals like Leopard, Sloth bear, Mouse deer,
Giant squirrels, Four horned antelope, etc.
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Preying mantis
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Preying mantis
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Click beetle
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Silk cotton bug
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arachnids
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molluscs
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Tree frog
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Bull frog
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Golden gecko
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Russells viper
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grey hornbill
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Crested serpent eagle
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black headed oriole
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black headed oriole
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Four horned antelope
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Giant squirrels
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Mouse deer
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Sloth bear
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Leopard
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Reference maps
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Hill Ranges
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• [Link]
dhra-pradesh/2018/aug/11/centre-yet-to-act-
on-andhra-pradeshs-endangered-species-list-
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