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    India is home to a large variety of wildlife including the blue whale, Indian bullfrog, green peafowl, Asian vine snakes, azaleas, elephants, rhinoceros, tigers, lions, snow leopards, sloth bears, and over 18,500 species of plants. Its ecosystems range widely from the Himalayas to evergreen forests to mangroves. It has high biodiversity and rates of endemic species, and is an important location for studying fungi with one-third of global fungal diversity found within India.

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    India is home to a large variety of wildlife including the blue whale, Indian bullfrog, green peafowl, Asian vine snakes, azaleas, elephants, rhinoceros, tigers, lions, snow leopards, sloth bears, and over 18,500 species of plants. Its ecosystems range widely from the Himalayas to evergreen forests to mangroves. It has high biodiversity and rates of endemic species, and is an important location for studying fungi with one-third of global fungal diversity found within India.

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    Wildlife of India

    By : Marwan Mohammed Helmy


    Wildlife in India
    • india is home to a large variety of wildlife. It is a biodiversity
    hotspot with its various ecosystems ranging from the Himalayas in the
    north to the evergreen rain forests in the south, the sands of the west
    to the marshy mangroves of the east.

    Mammal 7.6% reptilian 7.6%


    Amphibian 14.7% Flowering plant 6%
    Bird 6%
    Blue whale
    • The whales are thought to be residing in the northern Indian
    Ocean and visit the Lakshadweep on a seasonal basis, according to
    experts. While massive blue whales graze in the waters near
    Antarctica, smaller pygmy blue whale population have been
    discovered in the Indian Ocean, which is the world's third-largest
    ocean.
    Hoplobatrachus tigerinus

    • Hoplobatrachus tigerinus, the Indus Valley bullfrog or Indian


    bullfrog, popular name Asian bullfrog, Asean bullfrog or Asia
    bullfrog, is a large species of frog found in mainland
    Green peafowl

    • They are now a protected species of India. Green Peafowls are found
    in a wide range of habitats including primary and secondary forest,
    both tropical and subtropical, as well as evergreen and deciduous.
    They may also be found amongst bamboo, on grasslands, savannas,
    scrub and farmland edge.
    aheatulla
    • Ahaetulla, commonly referred to as Asian vine snakes or Asian whip
    snakes, is a genus of colubrid snakes distributed throughout tropical Asia.
    They are considered by some scientists to be mildly venomous and are what
    is commonly termed as 'rear-fanged' or more appropriately, opisthoglyphous,
    meaning their enlarged teeth or fangs, intended to aid in venom delivery, are
    located in the back of the upper jaw, instead of in the front as they are in
    vipers or cobras
    Azalea
    • Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, particularly
    the former sections Tsutsuji (evergreen) and Pentanthera (deciduous).
    Azaleas bloom in the spring (May and June in the temperate Northern
    Hemisphere, and December and January in the Southern
    Hemisphere),[1] their flowers often lasting several weeks. Shade
    tolerant, they prefer living near or under trees. They are part of the
    family Ericaceae.
    Fauna

    • India is home to several well-known large animals, including the


    Indian elephant, Indian rhinoceros, Bengal tiger, Asiatic lion Indian,
    snow leopard, and clouded leopard. Bears include sloth bear, sun bear
    , the Himalayan black bear, the Himalayan brown bear, and deer and
    antelopes include the chausinga antelope,
    Flora

    • There are about 18500 taxa of flowering plants from India. The Indian Forest Act, 1927
    helped to improve the protection and security of the natural habitat. Many ecoregions,
    such as the shola forests, also exhibit extremely high rates of endemism; overall, 33% of
    Indian plant species are endemic.[17] Flora and Vegetation of forest cover ranges from
    the tropical rainforest of the Andaman Islands, Western Ghats, and Northeast India to
    the coniferous forest of the Himalaya. Between these extremes lie the sal-dominated
    moist deciduous forest of eastern India; teak-dominated dry deciduous forest of central
    and southern India, and the babul-dominated thorn forest of the central Deccan and
    western Gangetic plain. Important Indian trees include the medicinal neem, widely used
    in rural.
    Fungi
    • The diversity of fungi and their natural beauty occupy a prime place in the
    biological world and India has been a cradle for such organisms. Only a fraction of
    the total fungal wealth of India has been subjected to scientific scrutiny and
    mycologists have to unravel this unexplored and hidden wealth. One-third of the
    fungal diversity of the globe exists in India. The country has an array of 10 diverse
    biomes including Trans-Himalayan zone, Himalaya, Desert, Semi-Arid zone,
    Western Ghats, Deccan Peninsula, Gangetic Plain.

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