Western Ghats

an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India

In India, it is distributed in the Himalayan foothills, southern Western Ghats and the central Indian landscape.

In the Western Ghats, it was recorded in Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra, and also in Gujarat.

Hoopoes make seasonal movements in response to rain in some regions such as in Ceylon and in the Western Ghats.

Its distribution is fragmented in the Western Ghats and in the foothills of the Himalayas.

While a study in the Western Ghats, did not find significant impacts of L. camara invasion on a few native plant indicators, many other studies have found substantial impacts of its invasion on various biodiversity indicators.

Caecilians in the Eastern Himalayas are colloquially known as "back ache snakes", while in the Western Ghats, Ichthyophis tricolor is considered to be more toxic than a king cobra.

Recently, a total of 95 rust fungi belonging to 25 genera associated with 117 forest plant species belonging to 80 host genera under 43 host families were reported from the Western Ghats, Kerala, India.

White cats observed in the coastline tracts of the southern Western Ghats lacked the red eyes typical of true albinos.

In India, the leopard cat has been recorded in protected areas of the Himalayas and their foothills, of the Terai and Dooars, the Brahmaputra Valley, Garo Hills and in the southern part of the Western Ghats.

The black-winged kite breeds at different times of the year across its range.

Like thrushes, they fly up into trees and sit motionless when they are disturbed.

In a 2013 study, an estimated 10,000 elephants inhabited the Western Ghats

It is endemic to South Western Ghats of India.

The species is also found in the Varushanad Valley, Western Ghats, part of a biodiversity hotspot.