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Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary is an enchanting vista with steep mountains, undulating hills and valleys spreading over Thodupuzha and Peermedu taluks of Idukki district in Kerala. It lies along the Idukki dam reservoir and is isolated from the main tract of [...]
Snakes may be venomous or non-venomous. The venomous snakes use the venom to catch and digest their prey as well as to protect themselves from predators. The fear of these venomous snakes leads to the immediate removal of snakes [...]
Mathikettan Shola National Park, Udumbanchola, Idukki, is located in the high ranges of Southern Western Ghats, in the north-east part of Cardamom Hills. It was constituted in the year 2003 and has an extent of 1281.74 hectares. The forest patches of the [...]
The Munnar Wildlife division includes Eravikulam National Park, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, and the Shola National Parks. Of these, Anamudi Shola National Park, located in Devikulam, Idukki, was constituted in the year 2003. It is located in the high ranges of the [...]
The Munnar Wildlife division includes Eravikulam National Park, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, and the Shola National Parks. Among these protected areas, the Pambadum Shola National Park was formed in the year 2003 and has an area of just 11.69 km2. It is [...]
Constituted in 2011, Kottiyoor Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Kannur district, Kerala. The sanctuary is contiguous to the Aralam wildlife sanctuary in the north and is contiguous to the sanctuaries in Karnataka. On the other side, it is contiguous to the [...]
Scientific Name: Naregamia alataEnglish Name: Goanese ipecac, goanese ipecacuanhMalayalam Name: Nilanarakam(നിലനാരകം)Location of the plant: EravimangalamConservation status: EndangeredGeneral features: Woody undershrub with shiny leaves. Leaves are alternate which are divided into three leaflets with winged petioles. The flower is bisexual with 5 white [...]
Scientific name: Rhynchoglossum notonianumFamily: GesneriaceaeEnglish name: Desert Rose, Impala lilyLocation: Native to the Sahel regions, south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan), and tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa and Arabia.Conservation status: critically endangeredGeneral Features:It is an evergreen [...]
Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary, lovingly called the ‘Land of the Butterflies’, is the northern most protected area of Kerala. It was constituted in the year 1984 and is located in Kannur district. It forms the watershed area of Cheenkannipuzha and Urittipuzha, the [...]
Scientific name: Memecylon umbellatum English name: Ironwood Malayalam name : കായാമ്പൂ / കാശാവ് Location of the plant: Chooral, Kannur Conservation status: Not evaluated Memecylon umbellatum commonly known as ironwood is a large evergreen shrub. It's commonly present in habitats like [...]
