Boundary marker for the Sanctuary on the Kotra-Mamer-Khedbrahma road
Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary is in
Udaipur District of
Rajasthan , in the southern
Aravalli Hills bordering the state of
Gujarat ,
India .
[1] It was declared a Wildlife Sanctuary on 6 October 1983 by the Government of Rajasthan.
[2]
[3]
Geography
The area of the Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary is 511.41 km2 ,
[4] of which 365.92 km2 is Reserved Forest and 145.49 km2 is Protected Forests.
[5] The sanctuary is spread over
Kotra and Jhadol tehsils of Udaipur district.
[2] There are 134 villages present inside the sanctuary.
[2] Elevation of the terrain within the sanctuary varies from 600–900 m above MSL.
[6] The climate in the sanctuary is classified as semi-arid, with an annual rainfall of 730 mm.
[5]
[6]
The
Government of India published a draft notification on 31 August 2015 stating the intent to declare an area of up to 7.5 km from the outer boundaries of the sanctuary as an
Eco-Sensitive Zone .
[7]
[8] In June 2024, the Eco-Sensitive Zone was declared covering an area of 202.34 square kilometres (78.12 sq mi).
[9]
Wildlife
Wild animals observed in the Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary include
large-tailed nightjar ,
[10]
flying squirrel ,
[11]
three-striped palm squirrel , Asian chameleons,
[12] Indian star tortoise,
[13] mouse deer,
[14] four-horned antelope,
[15] and
panther .
[16]
Facilities
The Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary is administered out of headquarters located in Kotra, Udaipur District, Rajasthan.
[2] There are three rest houses located inside and around the sanctuary, at Mamer, Panarwa, and Kotra.
[2]
References
^ Sharma, B.K.; Kulshreshtha, Seema; Rahmani, Asad R. (2013).
Faunal Heritage of Rajasthan, India: Conservation and Management of Vertebrates . Springer Science & Business Media. p. 37.
ISBN
9783319013459 .
^
a
b
c
d
e
"Annual Plan of Operations for Phulwari-ki-Nal Wildlife Sanctuary For The Year 2007-2008" (PDF) . Retrieved 4 March 2017 .
^
"Rajasthan State Notification F11 (1) Revenue / 8 / 83 dated 6 October 1983" (PDF) . Retrieved 24 December 2017 .
^ Kankane, P.L. (2000).
Status Survey of Chinkara and Desert Cat in Rajasthan (PDF) . Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India. p. 45.
ISBN
81-85874-30-1 .
^
a
b
"Assessment of Biodiversity in Phulwari-ki-Nal Wildlife Sanctuary: A Conservation Perspective" (PDF) . Foundation for Ecological Security. 4 March 2017.
^
a
b Sharma, Satish Kumar (1996).
"Amphibians of Phulwari Ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary" . Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 92 : 271–272.
^
Extraordinary Gazette of India of 31 August 2015 . New Delhi: Government of India. 2015.
^
"Status of ESZ Notifications" . Ministry of Environment, Forest and climate Change . Retrieved 26 March 2019 .
^
"Fulwari ki Naal now an eco senstive zone" . The Times of India .
ISSN
0971-8257 . Retrieved 21 June 2024 .
^ Sangha, Harkirat Singh; Devarshi, Dhirendra (2010).
"Large-Tailed Nightjar Capimulgus Macrarus in Phulwari-ki-Naal Wildlife Sanctuary, Udaipur District, Rajasthan" . The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 107 (2): 173–174.
^ Koli, Vijay Kumar; Bhatnagar, Chhaya; Sharma, Satish Kumar (January–February 2013).
"Distribution and Status of Indian Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista philippensis Elliot) in Rajasthan, India" . National Academy Science Letters . 36 : 27–33.
doi :
10.1007/s40009-012-0105-z .
S2CID
86161494 .
^ Sharma, S.K. (1997).
"Herpetofauna of Phulwari-ki-nal Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan State" (PDF) . Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 94 : 573–575.
^ D'Cruze, Neil; Mookherjee, Aniruddha; Vyas, Raju; Macdonald, David W; de Silva, Anslem (2018).
"Geochelone elegans (Schoepff 1795) – Indian Star Tortoise, Star Tortoise" (PDF) . Chelonian Research Monographs . No. 5.
doi :
10.3854/crm.5.106.elegans.v1.2018 .
ISBN
978-0-9653540-9-7 .
^
Ecological Profile Gogunda, Rajasthan (PDF) . Foundation for Ecological Security. 2017. p. 28.
^ Meghwal, Ramchandra; Bhatnagar, Chhaya; Koli, Vijay Kumar (2018).
"Activity and social behaviour of four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis de Blainville, 1816) in tropical deciduous forests of Aravalli mountain range, Western India" . Folia Zoologica . 67 : 22–31.
doi :
10.25225/fozo.v67.i1.a4.2018 .
S2CID
90877884 .
^ Mathur, Ashok (7 February 2018).
"Panthers are entering cities. Question is whether to kill or save them?" . Udaipurblog.com . Retrieved 10 June 2018 .
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