About Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

About Parambikulam Tiger Reserve:

• It is one of the premier Tiger Reserves of India and is endowed by nature in terms of species, habitat and ecosystem diversity.
• It is located in the Palakkad District of Kerala and lies in between the Anamalai Hills and Nelliampathy Hills of the Southern Western Ghats.
• Flora: It supports diverse habitat types namely; evergreen forests, moist and dry deciduous forests and grasslands.
• Fauna: Lion-tailed macaques, Malabar giant squirrel and Flying squirrel, Tarantula (large-bodied spiders) etc.
• There are several endemic, rare, endangered and threatened (RET) species of flora and fauna adding to the diversity of the Reserve. To name a few,
  • Coscinium fenestratum and Utleria salicifolia (the IUCN ‘red listed’ medicinal plants endemic to Anamalais)
  • Tomopterna parambikulamana (an endemic frog of Parambikulam)
  • Garra surendranathanii (an endemic sucker fish)

 

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Q1) What is special about annamalai hills?

Anaimalai Hills, also called Elephant Mountains, mountain range in the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu state, southern India. The Anaimalai Hills are located at a junction of the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats and have a general northwest-southeast trend. Anai Peak (8,842 feet lies at the extreme southwestern end of the range and is the highest peak in southern India.

Source: Kerala High Court orders translocation of Arikompan to Parambikulam Tiger Reserve