About Parambikulam Tiger Reserve:
- It is one of the premier Tiger Reserves of India and is endowed by nature in terms of species, habitat and ecosystem diversity.
- It is located in the Palakkad District of Kerala and lies in between the Anamalai Hills and Nelliampathy Hills of the Southern Western Ghats.
- Flora: It supports diverse habitat types namely; evergreen forests, moist and dry deciduous forests and grasslands.
- Fauna: Lion-tailed macaques, Malabar giant squirrel and Flying squirrel, Tarantula (large-bodied spiders) etc.
- There are several endemic, rare, endangered and threatened (RET) species of flora and fauna adding to the diversity of the Reserve. To name a few,
- Coscinium fenestratum and Utleria salicifolia (the IUCN ‘red listed’ medicinal plants endemic to Anamalais)
- Tomopterna parambikulamana (an endemic frog of Parambikulam)
- Garra surendranathanii (an endemic sucker fish)
