Sandesh Kadur / Shola grassland plant, Western Ghats, Southern India

Jean-Pierre Zwaenepoel / Nilgiri tahr {Hemitragus hylocrius} endangered, mother with young, Eravikulam NP, Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Ana Lockwood / Cane turtle {Geomyda sylvatica} Kerala, Southern India

Ian Lockwood / Munnar town overshadowed by Anaj-Mudi, S India's highest mountain, Western Ghats, Kerala.

Anup Shah / Bonnet macaques {Macaca radiata} grooming one another in tree Periyar NP, Kerala, India

Anup Shah / Bonnet macaque {Macaca radiata} sitting in tree canopy, Periyar NP, Kerala, India

Anup Shah / Nilgiri tahr and young lieing down resting {Hemitragus hylocrius} Eravikulam NP, Kerala, India

Anup Shah / Nilgiri tahr resting on rock in landscape {Hemitragus hylocrius} Eravikulam NP, Kerala, India

Anup Shah / Nilgiri tahr portrait {Hemitragus hylocrius} Eravikulam NP, Kerala, India

Rhonda Klevansky / Boat builders in Kerala, southern India

Elio Della Ferrera / Liontail macaque, juvenile {Macaca silenus} Western Ghats Mts, Kerala, India - endangered endemic species

Elio Della Ferrera / Tropical rainforest canopy, Western Ghats, Kerala, southern India

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Fishermen on Kappat beach, Calicut, Kerala, India

Pete Oxford / Fishing boat at sea, Kerala, Southern India

Ross Couper-Johnston / Decorated Indian elephant led in festival procession, Kerala, Southern India

Eric Sohn Joo Tan/ BIA / Greater Flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus) male, Kerala, India

Yashpal Rathore / Ochlandrae reed bush fog (Raorchestes ochlandrae) Wayanad, Kerala, Western Ghats, India.

Yashpal Rathore / Ochlandrae reed bush fog (Raorchestes ochlandrae) Wayanad, Kerala, Western Ghats, India.

Yashpal Rathore / Ochlandrae reed bush fog (Raorchestes ochlandrae) Wayanad, Kerala, Western Ghats, India.

Yashpal Rathore / Ochlandrae reed bush fog (Raorchestes ochlandrae) Wayanad, Kerala, Western Ghats, India.

Yashpal Rathore / Ochlandrae reed bush fog (Raorchestes ochlandrae) Wayanad, Kerala, Western Ghats, India.

Yashpal Rathore / Malabar Gliding frog ( Rhacophorus malabaricus) gliding at night, Kerala, Western Ghats, India. Controlled conditions

Yashpal Rathore / Malabar Gliding frog ( Rhacophorus malabaricus) gliding at night, Kerala, Western Ghats, India. Controlled condition

Yashpal Rathore / Small tree frog (Rhacophorus lateralis) portrait, Wayanad, Kerala, Western Ghats, India. Endangered and Endemic to Western Ghats.

Yashpal Rathore / Malabar torrent toad (Ghatophryne ornata) Wayanad, Kerala, Western Ghats, India. Endangered & Endemic to Western Ghats.

Yashpal Rathore / Malabar torrent toad (Ghatophryne ornata) showing underside with bright yellow spots. This species act as dead when flipped. Wayanad, Kerala, Western Ghats, India. Endemic to the Western Ghats.

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Asian fairy bluebird (Irena puella) perched between flowers. Wayanad, Kerala, India.

Ashish & Shanthi Chandola / Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) perched in spiny tree. Wayanad, Kerala, India.

Felis Images / Lesser hill myna (Gracula indica) singing on branch, Kerala, India. Small repro only.

Felis Images / Blyth's starling (Sturnia malabarica blythii) perched on branch, Kerala, India.

Felis Images / Little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) perched on Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior) Kerala, India.

Felis Images / Common goldenback / Common flameback (Dinopium javanese) perched on branch, Kerala, India.

Felis Images / Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) perched on branch, Kerala, India.

Felis Images / Amur falcon (Falco amurensis) perched on tree, rear view, Kerala, India.

Sandesh Kadur / Panoramic view of Kathu Malai, Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, Western Ghats, India, Asia. January 2008.

Sandesh Kadur / Anaimudi peak silhouetted at sunrise, Eravikulam National Park, Kerala, Western Ghats, India, Asia. February 2004.

Sandesh Kadur / Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor) adult female in the lake. Eravikulam National Park, India.

Sandesh Kadur / Panoramic view of tea plantations in the Western Ghats, Southern India. Vast areas of shola grassland habitat were destroyed and used for cultivation of tea to satisfy the British taste for this exot...

Sandesh Kadur / Jog Falls on the Sharavathy river, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Frog, unknown species, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Sholas, islands of rainforest in a sea of grass, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Sunrise over the Western Ghats, India, 2008

Sandesh Kadur / Entire hillside covered with flowers of Kurinji plant (Strobilanthes sp) Eravikulam National Park, Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Flowering only occurs once every twelve years. The next flowering of t...

Sandesh Kadur / Entire hillside covered with flowers of Kurinji plant (Strobilanthes sp) Eravikulam National Park, Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Flowering only occurs once every twelve years, The next flowering of t...

Sandesh Kadur / The River Cauvery at dusk. Originating in the Western Ghats of Karnataka and Kerala, the Cauvery catchment area requires full protection if it is to sustain the ever-increasing needs of the land it s...

Sandesh Kadur / A summer sun descends beyond the characteristic crown of a moss covered Shola tree in the Anamalais, Kerala, Western Ghats, Southern India

Sandesh Kadur / Frog, unknown species, Western Ghats, Southern India. Out 216 amphibians found in India about half occur in the Western Ghats of which nearly 75 species are endemic.

Sandesh Kadur / Hills silhouetted against a sunset sky, Western Ghats, Southern India