Protected Animals of India

India's wildlife is facing innumerable threats. The last surviving population of the Asiaticlion, an animal once widespread in the country, is concentrated today in a small pocket of Gujarat. The Indian bullfrog finds itself on the menu card in many restaurants of Goa, while the Himalayan monal, the state bird of Uttarakhand, has been hunted for its colourful crest. This book features some of the known and less-familiar, mammals, birds, insects, reptiles, amphibians, and other animals that are now ‘protected’ in India. It also relates several successful conservation initiatives and focuses on a number of organizations involved in wildlife protection in the country. Through this book, we hope, we can interest you to do your bit to save India's depleting biodiversity!

• Mammals: Tiger, Leopard, Snow leopard, Wolf, Asian elephant, Nilgiri tahr, Lion- tailed
macaque, Hoolock gibbon, Gray slender loris, Red panda, Asiatic wild buffalo, Indian
wild ass
• Reptiles and amphibians: Indian gharial, King cobra, Burmese python, Indian monitor
lizard, Indian golden gecko, Olive Ridley turtle, Indian bullfrog, Himalayan newt
• Birds: Siberian crane, Sri Lankan frogmouth, Himalayan monal, Great hornbill, Great
Indian bustard, Vultures
• Insects, crustaceans, and others: Peal’s palmfly, Blue nawab, Koh-i-noor, Yellowcrested
spangle, Crenulate mottle, Silver royal, Witch, Coconut crab, Lesser valley coral
• Conservation success stories: Asiatic lion, Whale shark, Pygmy hog, Indian rhinoceros