Biodiversity of the Ananthgiri Hills

The Eastern Ghats of which the Ananthgiri hills are a part is an extremely rich system both from the biodiversity point of view and also for the number of tribal communities that live here. A lot of this, however, is threatened on many accounts, including large scale mining that has been proposed here.

Here are some pictures showing just a miniscule glimpse of these ghats have to offer. Also do see the earlier post which details some of the mining related threats.

All colour and muscle, a rock agama, Ananthgiri hills

Tree fern, Ananthgiri hills

The endemic golden gecko (juvenile), Ananthgiri hills