25 Incredible Images: Kerala’s Flora and Fauna
- About a quarter of Kerala’s land is forested, encompassing evergreen, semi‑evergreen, deciduous, and temperate shola types.
- The state hosts roughly 4,000 flowering‑plant species and 900 medicinal‑plant species, highlighting its botanical richness.
- Wildlife diversity includes over 100 mammal species, 476 bird species, and notable reptiles such as crocodiles and a variety of amphibians.
- Iconic habitats featured range from Munnar’s tea gardens and Nilgiri tahr grasslands to the grass‑covered peaks of Chembra in Wayanad.
- Protected areas like Periyar Tiger Reserve, Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary, and Nelliyampathy host flagship animals such as tigers, elephants, hornbills, and the lion‑tailed macaque.
Kerala, the mystic land lying between the Western Ghats and Arabian Sea, is abundant in its rich variety of Flora and Fauna. Almost 24% of Kerala land area is forest. It includes tropical wet evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, tropical moist and dry deciduous forests and temperate (shola) forests.
More than 1000 species of trees, 4,000 species of flowering plants, 900 species of medicinal plants; can be found in Kerala forests.
Kerala’s Fauna is also rich and diverse with more than 100 species of mammals, 476 species of birds, 202 species of freshwater fishes, 169 species of reptiles and 89 species of amphibians.
In this post I have tried to showcase wide variety of Flora and Fauna that makes Kerala unique. So here are 25 incredible Flora and Fauna images.
1. Nelliyampathy Forest Range
2. Deers at Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary
3. Tiger at Periyar Tiger Reserve
4. Crocodile at Neyyar
5. Neela Kurungi Flowers in Bloom at Munnar
6. Tea Gardens, Munnar
7. Nilgiri Tahr at Munnar
8. Grasslands at Chembra Peak, Wayanad
9. Southern Birdwing Butterfly at Chimmini Wildlife
10. Periyar Tiger Reserve
11. Coconut Trees
12. Lion Tailed Macaque
13. Peacock found in Tropical Kerala Forest
14. Elephant at Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary
15. Hornbill at Nelliyampathy
16. Kani Konna
17. Bisons at Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary
18. Malabar Flying Squirrel at Gavi
19. Monkey at Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
20. Paddy Field in Alappuzha
21. Spice Plantation (Pepper) – Image by Pandiyan V via Flickr
22. Wild Coffee – Image by Lian Chang via Flickr
23. Rubber Plantations Kerala
24. Coconut Trees Leaning into the Backwaters
Hope you enjoyed this picture tour portraying Kerala’s Flora and Fauna. Kerala is indeed breathtaking with its various facets and what it has to offer to the tourists who come to explore Kerala.
Do contact your tour operator to know more about the wildlife pertaining to your chosen destinations. And do share your experience while visiting. We love to hear from you.
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