About Lankamalleswara Wildlife Sanctuary:
- Location: It is located in Andhra Pradesh.
- Rivers: It forms the catchment for river Pennar. The Telugu ganga canal flows into the eastern flank of the Sanctuary draining into the ‘Pennar river’.
- Vegetation: It consists of Southern tropical dry deciduous forest in the hills, scrub forest in the plains, Southern dry mixed deciduous forest, Tropical thorn forests and Tropical dry evergreen forest.
- Flora: It is home to the rare and endangered plants like Red sanders and Sandalwood are important species found in this area.
- The riparian vegetation is very rich in floristic value, consisting of Terminalia spp, Syzygium spp, (Jamun), Wild mangoes, Anogeissus latifolia, Phoenix spp, Bamboo, Hardwickia binata, etc.
- Fauna: It has good representation of species like Common toad, Bullfrog, Common Indian skink, Green vine snake etc.
It is the only home and hopes for the rare and endangered bird the Jerdons courser.
