90% of its reptile species and 95% of its land snail species do not occur anywhere else in the world. The site also supports globally significant populations of land and sea birds (192 bird species, ...

Kolhapur: Researchers have discovered a new land snail species, ‘Theobaldius konkanensis sp. nov', from Maharashtra's coastal region. ‘Konkanensis' reflects the endemic range of this snail to Konkan, ...