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Ken Gharial Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in Panna and Chhatarpur Districts of Madhya Pradesh, India. It was established for the conservation of gharial and mugger crocodile populations in 1981.
The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology (MCBT) is a reptile zoo and herpetology research station, located 40 km (25 mi) south of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The centre is both a registered trust and a recognized zoo under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 and comes under the purview of the Central Zoo Authority ...
Manjira wildlife sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary and reservoir located in the Sangareddy district of Telangana State, India. [2] Originally a crocodile sanctuary developed to protect the vulnerable species mugger crocodile , today it is home to more than 70 species of birds .
The Son Gharial Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary established in 1981 under Project Crocodile for the conservation of gharials. The sanctuary covers three rivers and their banks. Out of the total length of 210 km, 161 km is the Sone River, 23 km is the Banas River, and 26 km is the Gopad River. [1]
Bhitarkanika has one of the largest populations of endangered saltwater crocodile in India and is globally unique in that 10% of the adults exceed 6 m length. Around 1,671 saltwater crocodiles inhabit the rivers and creeks. [2] Around 3,000 saltwater crocodiles were born during 2014 annual breeding and nesting season. [3]
The mugger crocodile is India's most common species. They are not as long as saltwater crocodiles. Their average size is about 2.5–3 metres (8.2–9.8 ft) for Females and 3–4 metres (9.8–13.1 ft) for males. An Indian biologist (of American origin) named Romulus Whitaker established the Madras Crocodile Bank for conservation and breeding ...
It is one of such 3 crocodile-breeding centers in India. Kukrail crocodile centre and the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust (breeds all 3 native crocodile species of India - freshwater muggers, freshwater gharials and salt-water crocodiles ) are rated as top two most success crocodile breeding centres by National Geographic Society , the third being ...
Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu was established in 1936 as India's first bird sanctuary. [7] [8] Spanning 7,506.22 km 2 (2,898.17 sq mi), Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat is the largest wildlife sanctuary in the country. [9] The Andaman and Nicobar Islands have the most number of wildlife sanctuaries. [10]