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Aravalli Range

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 The 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 is a 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 in 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡-𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, running approximately 𝟔𝟕𝟎 𝐤𝐦 in a 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡-𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢, passing through 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚 and 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧, and 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 in 𝐀𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐝, 𝐆𝐮𝐣𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭.The 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 is 𝐆𝐮𝐫𝐮 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐫 in 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐛𝐮, 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 at 𝟏,𝟕𝟐𝟐 𝐦. The Aravalli Range is the 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝-𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐭 in 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚, dating back to the 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐳𝐨𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐫𝐚. The 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 in 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐡𝐢 and 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐚 has 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 and 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢-𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 with 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 and 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.The main characteristics of climate in 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐫 are 𝐝𝐫𝐲𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞?...

Dehing Patkai National Park

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 𝐃𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐤𝐚𝐢 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 is a 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 in the 𝐃𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐡 and 𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐤𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 of 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 an 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 of 𝟐𝟑𝟏.𝟔𝟓 𝐤𝐦^𝟐 of 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭. It is 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 in the 𝐃𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐤𝐚𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞, which is a 𝐝𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐩-𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭. The rainforest 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 for more than 𝟓𝟕𝟓 𝐤𝐦^𝟐 in the 𝐃𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐡, 𝐓𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐤𝐢𝐚 and 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬. The forest 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 in the 𝐓𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐩 and 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐬 of 𝐀𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡. 𝐃𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐤𝐚𝐢 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 was 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 as 𝐃𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐤𝐚𝐢 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 under 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐃𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐤𝐚𝐢 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐜𝐡 of 𝐥𝐨...

Granular Poison Frog

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 The 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 or 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 (𝐎𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐚) is a species of frog in the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 in 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚 and 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚. Its 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬 are 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬,it is 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 by 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬. The 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 is a 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 with 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐛𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 to about 𝟐𝟎 𝐦𝐦. Its 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 is 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 and it's 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫 is typically 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 and 𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 and 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡-𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 and 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬. The 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 is 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚 and 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚. Its 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 from 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚 through the adjacent area of 𝐬𝐨...

Tiger Snake

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 The 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 (𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬) is a 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 and 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 of 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚, including its 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 and 𝐓𝐚𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚. These snakes are often observed and 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 by their 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 and 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 like a 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫, although the species can be 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 in 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 are 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 the 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬 (𝐄𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞). The 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 is typically about 𝟏.𝟐 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬 . The 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 is 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 or 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐭, which are 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞 to 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 in colour. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 is 𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞-𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧, or 𝐣𝐞𝐭-𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤, and the 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 of the snake is 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲?...