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Indomalaya has three endemic families of amphibians, Nasikabatrachidae, Ichthyophiidae, and Uraeotyphlidae. 329, or 33%, of Indomalayan amphibians are considered threatened or extinct, with habitat loss as the principal cause. [4] More information is available under Indomalayan realm fauna.
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India lies within the Indomalayan realm and is home to about 7.6% of mammal, 14.7% of amphibian, 6% of bird, 6.2% of reptilian, and 6.2% of flowering plant species. Human encroachment, deforestation and poaching are significant challenges that threaten the existence of certain fauna and flora.
The Indomalayan realm The main article for this category is Indomalayan realm biota . This category is for articles about the native biota of the Indomalayan realm .
The Philippines is part of the Indomalayan realm, and its flora and fauna is mostly derived from tropical Asia. Botanically , the Philippines are part of Malesia , a floristic province that includes the Malay Peninsula , Indonesia , and New Guinea .
Temperate Asia is the eastern part of the Palearctic realm (which in turn is part of the Holarctic), and its south-eastern part belongs to the Indomalayan realm (previously called the Oriental region). Asia shows a notable diversity of habitats, with significant variations in rainfall, altitude, topography, temperature and geological history ...
Temperate North China is located in Central Asia and the Palearctic realm. The rest of China, including the tropical South China (with Hainan, Hong Kong), and Taiwan belong to the Indomalayan realm. In many parts of China the Palearctic and Oriental faunas overlap.
Realm; Andaman Islands rain forests: Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests: Indomalayan: Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests: Arunachal Pradesh: Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests: Indomalayan: Assam: Meghalaya: Nagaland: Central Tibetan Plateau alpine steppe: Jammu and Kashmir ...