Bhitarkanika National Park

 𝐁𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 is a 𝟏𝟒𝟓 𝐤𝐦^𝟐 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 in 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 in 𝐎𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 in 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚.It was 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 on 𝟏𝟔 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟖 and obtained the 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 of a 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 on 𝟏𝟗 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟐. The 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 has also been 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 as the 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐚𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 of the 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 after the 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞. It is 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 by 𝐁𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲, which 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 over 𝟔𝟕𝟐 𝐤𝐦^𝟐.

The 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 comprises 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬, 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 and 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 leading to 𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐬 - all of which 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞 to the 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐞. The 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 include 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐬, and 𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 like the 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐡 and 𝐀𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐱.

The park is 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 to the 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐞, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫, 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐲, 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐜𝐨𝐛𝐫𝐚, 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝. 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 on 𝐆𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 and 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬.Bhitarkanika has  𝐨𝐧𝐞 of the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 of 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐞 in 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 and is 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 in that 𝟏𝟎% of the 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝟔 𝐦 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡.

𝐀𝐯𝐢𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚 includes 𝟑𝟐𝟎 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, including 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬. Birds such as 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐬, and 𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 are 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 in the park. Every year close to 𝟏𝟐𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 from 𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 for 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 and 𝟖𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬 from 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 of 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 for 𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 the 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧.

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Fleischmann's Glass Frog

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 𝐇𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢, also known as 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧'𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 or the 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠, is a species of frog in the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞. It is found in the 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬 from 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 to 𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫. Specifically , these frogs occur in 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨, 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐄𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫, 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚, 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬, 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐚, 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫.  This frog tends to have 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬, 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐬 and 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡.𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬 are 𝟏𝟗–𝟐𝟖 𝐦𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, while 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 from 𝟐𝟑–𝟑𝟐 𝐦𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠. They have a 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢-𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 with 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭...
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