BIODIVERSITY VALUES
Flora : More than 450 plant species have been recorded. Aquatic plants with unique physiological adaptation are Water Primrose (Ludwigia alscendens) and Bladderwort (Utricularia australis) . Biogeographically important as representatives of the Indo Malayan realm are Sal (Shorea robusta) and Myrobalan (Terminalia alata) . Threatened plant species include the endangered Orchid (Aerides odorata) , religiously important and threatened Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) , and rare wild rice (Hygrohiza aristata) . Fauna : The fauna comprises lower risk species on the IUCN Red List like Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) , Grey-headed fish eagle (Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus) , and Asiatic Rock Python (Python molurus) . Further rare species include the lizard (Varanus flavescens). In total 29 fish species have been recorded including the threatened Puntius chola and the endemics Notopterus notopterus and Oxygaster bacaila . Around 140 partly migrating bird species inhabit the ar