Palighat a wonderful place to see Aquatic fauna
Ranthambhore, 4 Sept: Neighboring Ranthambhore National Park and under National Chambal Ghariyal Sanctuary Palighat is a wonderful place where you can see Ghariyal, Crocodiles, Turtles and and many Aquatic birds.
Ghariyal is a critically endangered species which can be seen in specific parts of Chambal River in Rajasthan, and after Dhaulpur, Palighat is the most popular place where one can easily see Ghariyals in their natural habitat.
Other species is Indian Marsh Crocodile which is though common but it's worth watching them basking in the sun on the sandy shores of Chambal and Parwati River.
There are basically 8 number of turtles 4 softshell and 4 hard shell found in Chambal Ghariyal Sanctuary, namely red crowned roofed turtle, three striped roofed turtle, crowned river turtle, Indian tent turtle (all hard shell turtles), while Indian narrow headed softshell turtle, Indian softshell turtle, Indian flapshell turtle, Indian peacock softshell turtle (all are soft shell turtles) in which Indian narrow headed or Chitra indica is the largest.
Many aquatic birds and waders are also found here both resident and migratory.
The main threat to their habitat is illegal sand excavation, most of these species lay their eggs in sand and when people illegally extract sand the nest of these animals and birds gets destroyed.
Chambal is home to another elusive creature Smooth Coated Otter, these are also known as wolves of the river and aren't afraid of having small conflicts with crocodiles even. Smooth coated otter is listed as vulnerable under IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
And if you move further to Dhaulpur area there is chance that you can see Critically Endangered Gangetic River Dolphin. A very small population of Gangetic River Dolphin exists in Rajasthan.
In evening and early morning there are chances of watching Fox and Jackal playing and wandering in search of food.
Indian Skimmer is always on the wishlist of Birders and Chambal provides you ample of opportunity to record this bird.
River lapwing a Near Threatened species will amaze you on the shores of Chambal. Altogether it's a adventurous experience to visit Chambal and especially Palighat and Dholpur whenever you're on vist to Ranthambhore.
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