{"id":30485,"date":"2026-10-16T12:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30485"},"modified":"2026-10-16T14:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T08:59:21","slug":"lankamalleswara-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lankamalleswara-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent survey camera trap revealed a rich habitat of diverse wildlife, including bears, leopards, mountain goats, and wild boars of Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in the state of <\/span><b>Andhra Pradesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Sanctuary forms the <strong>catchment for river Pennar.<\/strong> The Telugu ganga canal flows into the eastern flank of the Sanctuary draining into the \u2018Pennar river\u2019.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Vegetation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It consists of <\/span><b>Southern tropical dry deciduous forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the hills, scrub forest in the plains, <\/span><b>Southern dry mixed deciduous forest, Tropical thorn forests<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Tropical dry evergreen forest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Flora:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The rare and endangered plants like <\/span><b>Red sanders and Sandalwood<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are important species found in this area.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The riparian vegetation is very rich in floristic value, consisting of <\/span><b>Terminalia spp, Syzygium spp<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, (Jamun), Wild mangoes, Anogeissus latifolia, Phoenix spp, Bamboo, Hardwickia binata, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has good representation of species like <\/span><b>Common toad, Bullfrog, Common Indian skink, Green vine snake etc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the only home and hopes for the rare and endangered bird the <\/span><b>Jerdons courser.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/amp\/southern-states\/andhra-pradesh\/camera-traps-in-lankamala-for-census-reveal-biodiversity-in-sanctuary-1996128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary  is located in the state of Andhra Pradesh. 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