Flora and Fauna:Moist and dry deciduous forests with patches of shoal-grassland habitat are found at the higher altitudes.

Mammals: They include the tiger, leopard, wild dog, jackal, elephant, gaur, sloth bear, sambar, spotted deer, barking deer, mouse deer, wild boar, common langur, bonnet macaque, slender loris and the Malabar giant squirrel.

Birds:More than 250 birds have been identified. The ruby-throated bulbul, shama, Malabar whistling thrush, four species of hornbill, racquet-tailed drongo and the paradise flycatcher are some of them.

Reptiles: The marsh crocodile, flying lizard, monitor lizard and different kinds of snakes are some of the reptiles found here.