5 Most Dangerous Animals Found In The Western Ghats Of India

The Western Ghats of India is home to thousands of rare, unique, endangered and endemic animal species such as Nilgiri tahr, Malabar civet, wanderoo monkey or Lion tailed macaque, Nilgiri langur and Nilgiri marten. Here is the list of diverse, unique and dangerous Amphibians, snake, lizards and other reptiles found in the Western Ghats of South India.

* Bengal Tiger

Bengal tiger is the apex predator of South India forest and Western Ghats is home to largest population of tigers outside the Sundarbans, spread across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

* King Cobra

King Cobra is really the king of Western Ghats mountains and also is the world’s longest venomous snake found in India. The king cobra lives in dense highland forest of Western Ghats of Karnataka and Kerala but also distributed across the Indian subcontinent.

* Malabar Pit Viper

Malabar Pit Viper is one of the venomous pit viper species of snake, endemic to the Western Ghats and more commonly encountered during the monsoon months with different colour patterns like brown, green.

* Giant Forest Scorpion

Heterometrus swammerdami is the largest scorpion species found in India, Its sting can causes local pain, swelling and fever. The giant forest scorpions are mostly found in the rainforests of the southern Western Ghats.

* Indian Leopard

Indian leopard is widely distributed on the Indian subcontinent and lives with Asiatic lion and Bengal tiger. There are 12,000-14,000 individuals leopards found around the wild habitats of India, Human leopard conflict in India have been increased in recent years.