Jungle Systems – Fauna
1. Tropical Wet Evergreen
🦁 Mammals (6)
Lion-tailed Macaque
– Macaca silenus
Malabar Giant Squirrel
– Ratufa indica
Nilgiri Marten
– Martes gwatkinsii
Tiger
– Panthera tigris
Malabar Civet
– Viverra civettina
Hoolock Gibbon
– Hoolock hoolock
🦜 Birds (6)
Great Hornbill
– Buceros bicornis
Malabar Trogon
– Harpactes fasciatus
Wynaad Laughingthrush
– Pterorhinus wynaadensis
Ceylon Frogmouth
– Batrachostomus moniliger
Malabar Whistling Thrush
– Myophonus horsfieldii
White-bellied Treepie
– Dendrocitta leucogastra
🦎 Reptiles (6)
King Cobra
– Ophiophagus hannah
Malabar Pit Viper
– Craspedocephalus malabaricus
Green Vine Snake
– Ahaetulla nasuta
Coorg Bronzeback
– Dendrelaphis
Forest Calotes
– Calotes rouxii
Indian Chameleon
– Chamaeleo zeylanicus
2. Tropical Semi-Evergreen
🦁 Mammals
Leopard
– Panthera pardus
Dhole
– Cuon alpinus
Gaur
– Bos gaurus
Sambar
– Rusa unicolor
Sloth Bear
– Melursus ursinus
Giant Squirrel
– Ratufa indica
🦜 Birds
Indian Pitta
– Pitta brachyura
Malabar Pied Hornbill
– Anthracoceros coronatus
Crested Serpent Eagle
– Spilornis cheela
Orange-headed Thrush
– Geokichla citrina
Black-naped Monarch
– Hypothymis azurea
Racket-tailed Drongo
– Dicrurus paradiseus
🦎 Reptiles
Indian Rock Python
– Python molurus
Spectacled Cobra
– Naja naja
Common Krait
– Bungarus caeruleus
Bamboo Pit Viper
– Craspedocephalus gramineus
Bengal Monitor
– Varanus bengalensis
Indian Star Tortoise
– Geochelone elegans
3. Tropical Moist Deciduous
🦁 Mammals
Royal Bengal Tiger
– Panthera tigris
Leopard
– Panthera pardus
Gaur
– Bos gaurus
Dhole
– Cuon alpinus
Sloth Bear
– Melursus ursinus
Four-horned Antelope
– Tetracerus quadricornis
🦜 Birds
Indian Grey Hornbill
– Ocyceros birostris
Peafowl
– Pavo cristatus
Crested Hawk-Eagle
– Nisaetus cirrhatus
Jungle Owlet
– Glaucidium radiatum
Golden Oriole
– Oriolus kundoo
White-rumped Shama
– Copsychus malabaricus
🦎 Reptiles
Mugger Crocodile
– Crocodylus palustris
Indian Rock Python
– Python molurus
Russell's Viper
– Daboia russelii
Indian Chameleon
– Chamaeleo zeylanicus
Common Skink
– Eutropis carinata
Flapshell Turtle
– Lissemys punctata
4. Tropical Dry Deciduous
🦁 Mammals
Asiatic Lion
– Panthera leo persica
Leopard
– Panthera pardus
Striped Hyena
– Hyaena hyaena
Honey Badger
– Mellivora capensis
Indian Wolf
– Canis lupus pallipes
Chinkara
– Gazella bennettii
🦜 Birds
Indian Vulture
– Gyps indicus
Painted Spurfowl
– Galloperdix lunulata
Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
– Treron phoenicopterus
Indian Roller
– Coracias benghalensis
Sirkeer Malkoha
– Taccocua leschenaultii
Plum-headed Parakeet
– Psittacula cyanocephala
🦎 Reptiles
Saw-scaled Viper
– Echis carinatus
Fan-throated Lizard
– Sitana ponticeriana
Indian Star Tortoise
– Geochelone elegans
Bengal Monitor
– Varanus bengalensis
Common Trinket Snake
– Coelognathus helena
Brook's Gecko
– Hemidactylus brookii
5. Tropical Thorn / Scrub
🦁 Mammals
Blackbuck
– Antilope cervicapra
Desert Fox
– Vulpes vulpes pusilla
Indian Gerbil
– Tatera indica
Caracal
– Caracal caracal
Desert Cat
– Felis silvestris ornata
Nilgai
– Boselaphus tragocamelus
🦜 Birds
Great Indian Bustard
– Ardeotis nigriceps
Indian Courser
– Cursorius coromandelicus
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
– Pterocles exustus
White-naped Tit
– Machlolophus nuchalis
Laggar Falcon
– Falco jugger
Demoiselle Crane
– Anthropoides virgo
🦎 Reptiles
Spiny-tailed Lizard
– Saara hardwickii
Desert Monitor
– Varanus griseus
Saw-scaled Viper
– Echis carinatus
Royal Snake / Diadem
– Spalerosophis diadema
Leopard Gecko
– Eublepharis macularius
Red Sand Boa
– Eryx johnii
6. Subtropical Broad-leaved Hill
🦁 Mammals
Red Panda
– Ailurus fulgens
Himalayan Black Bear
– Ursus thibetanus
Clouded Leopard
– Neofelis nebulosa
Yellow-throated Marten
– Martes flavigula
Barking Deer
– Muntiacus muntjak
Assamese Macaque
– Macaca assamensis
🦜 Birds
Fire-tailed Myzornis
– Myzornis pyrrhoura
Rufous-necked Hornbill
– Aceros nipalensis
Ward's Trogon
– Harpactes wardi
Beautiful Nuthatch
– Sitta formosa
Black-eared Shrike Babbler
– Pteruthius melanotis
Scarlet Finch
– Carpodacus sipahi
🦎 Reptiles
Himalayan Keelback
– Hebius himalayanus
Green Pit Viper
– Trimeresurus
Himalayan Skink
– Asymblepharus himalayanus
Darjeeling False Wolf Snake
– Dinodon
East Himalayan Agama
– Japalura
Striped Keelback
– Amphiesma stolatum
7. Subtropical Pine
🦁 Mammals
Barking Deer
– Muntiacus muntjak
Leopard
– Panthera pardus
Himalayan Goral
– Naemorhedus goral
Yellow-throated Marten
– Martes flavigula
Wild Boar
– Sus scrofa
Rhesus Macaque
– Macaca mulatta
🦜 Birds
Cheer Pheasant
– Catreus wallichii
Koklass Pheasant
– Pucrasia macrolopha
Himalayan Woodpecker
– Dendrocopos himalayensis
Blue-winged Minla
– Actinodura cyanouroptera
Grey-winged Blackbird
– Turdus boulboul
Long-tailed Shrike
– Lanius schach
🦎 Reptiles
Himalayan Pit Viper
– Gloydius himalayanus
Rat Snake
– Ptyas mucosa
Common Krait
– Bungarus caeruleus
Garden Lizard
– Calotes versicolor
Himalayan Ground Skink
– Asymblepharus
Checkered Keelback
– Fowlea piscator
8. Montane Shola
🦁 Mammals
Nilgiri Tahr
– Nilgiritragus hylocrius
Nilgiri Marten
– Martes gwatkinsii
Tiger
– Panthera tigris
Leopard
– Panthera pardus
Nilgiri Langur
– Semnopithecus johnii
Brown Mongoose
– Urva fusca
🦜 Birds
Nilgiri Pipit
– Anthus nilghiriensis
Nilgiri Flycatcher
– Eumyias albicaudatus
Black-and-orange Flycatcher
– Ficedula nigrorufa
Nilgiri Laughingthrush
– Montecincla cachinnans
White-bellied Shortwing
– Sholicola albiventris
Painted Bush Quail
– Perdicula erythrorhyncha
🦎 Reptiles
Nilgiri Keelback
– Hebius beddomei
Horseshoe Pit Viper
– Craspedocephalus strigatus
Nilgiri Forest Lizard
– Calotes nemoricola
Beddome's Skink
– Eutropis beddomii
Anamalai Gecko
– Hemidactylus anamallensis
Striped Coral Snake
– Calliophis nigrescens
9. Himalayan Moist Temperate
🦁 Mammals
Himalayan Black Bear
– Ursus thibetanus
Himalayan Tahr
– Hemitragus jemlahicus
Musk Deer
– Moschus chrysogaster
Serow
– Capricornis thar
Leopard Cat
– Prionailurus bengalensis
Himalayan Weasel
– Mustela sibirica
🦜 Birds
Himalayan Monal
– Lophophorus impejanus
Western Tragopan
– Tragopan melanocephalus
Himalayan Griffon
– Gyps himalayensis
Yellow-billed Blue Magpie
– Urocissa flavirostris
Himalayan Bulbul
– Pycnonotus leucogenys
Streaked Laughingthrush
– Trochalopteron lineatum
🦎 Reptiles
Himalayan Pit Viper
– Gloydius himalayanus
Himalayan Keelback
– Hebius himalayanus
Kashmir Rock Agama
– Laudakia tuberculata
Skink
– Eutropis himalayana
Wolf Snake
– Lycodon
Rat Snake
– Ptyas mucosa
10. Subalpine & Alpine
🦁 Mammals
Snow Leopard
– Panthera uncia
Himalayan Ibex
– Capra sibirica
Blue Sheep / Bharal
– Pseudois nayaur
Himalayan Marmot
– Marmota himalayana
Tibetan Wolf
– Canis lupus chanco
Pallas's Cat
– Otocolobus manul
🦜 Birds
Lammergeier
– Gypaetus barbatus
Golden Eagle
– Aquila chrysaetos
Himalayan Snowcock
– Tetraogallus himalayensis
Grandala
– Grandala coelicolor
Alpine Chough
– Pyrrhocorax graculus
Robin Accentor
– Prunella rubeculoides
🦎 Reptiles
Himalayan Pit Viper
– Gloydius himalayanus
Ladakh Agama
– Paralaudakia ladacensis
High-altitude Skink
– Asymblepharus ladacensis
Stoliczka's Gecko
– Cyrtodactylus stoliczkai
Checkered Keelback (valleys)
– Fowlea piscator
Common Wall Lizard
– Podarcis muralis
11. Mangrove / Littoral
🦁 Mammals
Royal Bengal Tiger
– Panthera tigris
Fishing Cat
– Prionailurus viverrinus
Spotted Deer
– Axis axis
Wild Boar
– Sus scrofa
Smooth-coated Otter
– Lutrogale perspicillata
Ganges Dolphin
– Platanista gangetica
🦜 Birds
Masked Finfoot
– Heliopais personatus
Brown-winged Kingfisher
– Pelargopsis amauroptera
Mangrove Pitta
– Pitta megarhyncha
Lesser Adjutant
– Leptoptilos javanicus
Black-capped Kingfisher
– Halcyon pileata
White-bellied Sea Eagle
– Haliaeetus leucogaster
🦎 Reptiles
Saltwater Crocodile
– Crocodylus porosus
Water Monitor
– Varanus salvator
Dog-faced Water Snake
– Cerberus rynchops
Mangrove Cat Snake
– Boiga dendrophila
Shore Pit Viper
– Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus
River Terrapin
– Batagur baska
12. Terai Riverine / Swamp
🦁 Mammals
One-horned Rhinoceros
– Rhinoceros unicornis
Wild Water Buffalo
– Bubalus arnee
Swamp Deer / Barasingha
– Rucervus duvaucelii
Tiger
– Panthera tigris
Hispid Hare
– Caprolagus hispidus
Pygmy Hog
– Porcula salvania
🦜 Birds
Bengal Florican
– Houbaropsis bengalensis
Swamp Francolin
– Ortygornis gularis
Finn's Weaver
– Ploceus megarhynchus
Greater Adjutant
– Leptoptilos dubius
Pallas's Fish Eagle
– Haliaeetus leucoryphus
Black-breasted Parrotbill
– Paradoxornis flavirostris
🦎 Reptiles
Gharial
– Gavialis gangeticus
Mugger Crocodile
– Crocodylus palustris
Indian Rock Python
– Python molurus
Burmese Python
– Python bivittatus
Black Softshell Turtle
– Nilssonia nigricans
Yellow Monitor
– Varanus flavescens