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This book covers 500 species of butterflies that have been recorded in Uttarakhand since the 1880’s. The book contains photographs of each of the butterfly species and provides key features to identifying them. Species photographs include images taken in nature as well as museum specimens to show their distinctive features. Short notes on the natural history of the butterflies are also included. This field guide was prepared to promote butterfly tourism in ...
This field guide has been designed for quick and easy field identification of some of the common species of lizards and amphibians in Western Maharashtra.The pictorial layout, specially designed symbols, and bilingual text are meant for use by anyone with some interest in lizards and amphibians. New species of lizards and amphibians are being identified at an astounding rate in the Western Ghats, yet many of these are today threatened because of habitat ...
India's wildlife is facing innumerable theats. The last surviving population of the Asiatic lion-an animal once widespread in the country- is concentrated today in a small pocket in Gujarat. The unfortunate Indian bulforg finds itself on the menu card in many restaueants in Goa; while the Himalayan monal - the state bird of Uttarakhand-has been hunted for its colourful crest. This book features some of the known, and a few less-familiar, mammals, birds, insects, ...
