Plant diversity Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park

1 plant diversity

1.1 mammals
1.2 birds
1.3 butterflies
1.4 reptiles

plant diversity

bhagwan mahaveer national park , surrounding area harbors 722 species of flowering plants in wild belonging 492 genera , 122 families. 128 species of endemic plants either endemic western ghats, peninsular india or india occur in national park. 2 described taxa viz. glyphochloa veldkampii m. a. fonseca et janarth. , amorphophallus commutatus (schott) engl. var. anmodensis sivad. & jaleel strictly restricted national park. additionally 37 species of pteridophytes found in national park.

mammals

wild mammals recorded in sanctuary include: black panther, barking deer, bengal tiger, leopard, bonnet macaque, common langur, civet, flying squirrel, gaur, malabar giant squirrel, mouse deer, pangolin, porcupine, slender loris, sambar, spotted deer, wild boar , wild dog.

birds

popular birds can seen in sanctuary include: drongo, emerald dove, fairy bluebird, golden oriole, greater indian hornbill, indian black woodpecker, malabar grey hornbill, malabar pied hornbill, grey-headed myna, grey jungle fowl, large green barbet, paradise flycatcher, racket-tailed drongo, ruby-throated yellow bulbul (the goa state bird), shrikes, three-toed kingfisher, sri lanka frogmouth, wagtails. sanctuary contains quite few birds endemic indian subcontinent, southern india.

butterflies

some of many interesting butterfly specimens in area are: blue mormon, common jezebel, common mormon, common mime, plum judy, common wanderer, crimson rose, lime butterfly, plain tiger, southern birdwing , tailed jay. has endemic species malabar tree nymph , tamil yoeman.

reptiles

this sanctuary famous snakes, particularly king cobra. here are: bronzeback tree snake, cat snake, hump-nosed pit viper, indian rock python, malabar pit viper, rat snake, russell s viper, indian cobra , common krait,