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Amboli-Dodamarg Conservation Reserve
BetaAlso known as Amboli
A high-rainfall Western Ghats forest above the Konkan, better known to herpers than to safari-goers. The monsoon nights are what it is about: breeding frogs, vine snakes in the low branches, and land snails on the wet leaves.
Why this place matters
Part of the belt of conservation reserves Maharashtra notified in 2021 across the Sindhudurg Western Ghats. Amboli-Dodamarg helps hold a forest corridor between Radhanagari to the north and the Goa and Karnataka forests to the south. The wider Amboli area is known for narrow-range Western Ghats endemics, among them the Amboli toad (Xanthophryne tigerina, IUCN Endangered) and the Malabar pit viper. It sits inside the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot but is not a UNESCO World Heritage component.
The wildlife
A slender, leaf-green tree snake that hunts by day in the low canopy. The Amboli animals belong to the northern Western Ghats form of the group (Ahaetulla cf. borealis).
Land snailLand molluscs come out across the wet forest through the monsoon, one of the small subjects the night walks here are known for. Not identified to species.
The wider field list, with current IUCN Red List status.
Reptiles
Green vine snakeAhaetulla nasutaLCLeast Concern
Other
- Land snail
Plan your visit
The monsoon is the reason to come. Rain wakes the breeding frogs, the snakes that feed on them, and the land snails. After dark, the forest is the real subject.