Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve

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Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve

• The Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve’s tiger population is increasing (NSTR)
• The National Tiger Reserve of India (NSTR) is the country’s largest.
• In Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, the reserve spans five districts: Kurnool, Prakasam, Guntur, Nalgonda, and Mahbubnagar.
• 75 percent of the world’s tigers are found in India.
• It was notified in the year of 1978 and came under the protection of Project Tiger in 1983. In 1992, it was retitled as Rajiv Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary.

Geographical Aspects

• The Tiger Reserve is located in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and spans five districts. The Nallamala Hills dominate the landscape.
• The reserve contains the multipurpose reservoirs Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar.
• The Krishna River runs through the reserve’s basin.

Fauna

• It is home to a diverse range of wild animals. 
• Many other animals, including leopards, rusty-spotted cats, pangolins, Mugger Crocodiles, Indian Rock Pythons, and innumerable bird species, can be found here, in addition to the Bengal Tiger, which is the apex predator.

Flora

• A wide range of trees, from tropical dry mixed deciduous forest in the south to southern thorn forest in the south. 
• This region is also home to a diverse range of shrubs and bamboo thickets.
• The main types of forest biomes in the reserve are: southern tropical dry mixed deciduous forest, Hardwickia forest and Deccan thorn scrub forests with much Euphorbia scrub. 
• Important plant species here are: Anogeissus latifolia (axlewood), Cleisthanthus collinus (odcha), Terminalia spp., Pterocarpus marsupium, Hardwickia binata (anjan tree), Boswellia serrata (Indian frankincense or salai), Tectona grandis (teak), Mundulea sericea and Albizia spp. (silkplants)

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