![]() The Andaman Islands rain forests are located in the eastern Indian Ocean, as part of the Bay of Bengal. The climate of the forests is warm tropical, and the temperatures range from 22 to 30 degrees Celsius. The average annual rainfall in the forests ranges from 3,000-3,800 millimeters and the rainfall is heavily influenced by monsoons. Monsoons usually come in the Andaman Islands rain forests, from the southwest (May to September) and from the northeast (October to December). The forests are geographically part of the long island arch that runs from Arakan Yoma in Myanmar to the Mentawai Islands off Sumatra. ![]() The endemic and near-endemic mammal species found in the Andaman Islands rain forests include the families like Sorcidae, Rhinolophidae, Muridae, etc. All of the above mentioned mammal species are strictly endemic to the ecoregion and the species are listed as threatened, as well. Apart from that, there are also eight strictly endemic bird species and four near endemics found in the Andaman Islands rain forests. The species include the families like Accipitridae, Rallidae, Columbidae, Columbidae, Cuculidae, Strigidae, Bucconidae, Picidae, Dicruridae, Corvidae, Sturnidae, etc. There is a bird species named the Megapodius nicobariensis (Nicobar Scrub fowl) that was used to be found in the Andaman Islands rain forests. One of the strictly endemics like the Aceros narcondami is declared as threatened in the IUCN categories VU and above. The Andaman Islands Rain Forests houses forty-five reptile species, out of which, thirteen are considered as endemic. Another twelve amphibian species (all frogs and toads) are also found in the Andamans and seven of them, are endemic. The genera Dipterocarpus and Pterocarpus are also quite commonly found in the forests. |
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