Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

Current Context : Recently, Four new species discovered in herpetofauna survey at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve.

• The survey identifies 33 reptile species and 36 amphibian species, many of which are critically endangered, rare, and endemic to the Western Ghats.
• Four new species: two geckos (one from the Cnemaspis genus and another from Hemidactylus), a skink, and a frog from the Sphaerotheca genus.

ABOUT MUDUMALAI TIGER RESERVE (MTR):

• Location: Situated in the Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Borders Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (Kerala), Bandipur National Park (Karnataka), and Mukurthi National Park.
• Establishment: Declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1940 and a tiger reserve in 2007 under Project Tiger.​​
• River: Moyar River flows through MTR.
• Forest Type: Tropical evergreen forest, moist deciduous forest, moist teak forest, etc.
• Fauna: Home to tigers, elephants, Indian gaur, and over 227 bird species.