Boundary marker for the Sanctuary on the Kotra-Mamer-Khedbrahma road Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary is in Udaipur District of Rajasthan , in the southern Aravalli Hills bordering the state of Gujarat , India .[ 1] It was declared a Wildlife Sanctuary on 6 October 1983 by the Government of Rajasthan.[ 2] [ 3]
The area of the Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary is 511.41 km2 ,[ 4] of which 365.92 km2 is Reserved Forest and 145.49 km2 is Protected Forests.[ 5] The sanctuary is spread over Kotra and Jhadol tehsils of Udaipur district.[ 2] There are 134 villages present inside the sanctuary.[ 2] Elevation of the terrain within the sanctuary varies from 600–900 m above MSL.[ 6] The climate in the sanctuary is classified as semi-arid, with an annual rainfall of 730 mm.[ 5] [ 6]
The Government of India published a draft notification on 31 August 2015 stating the intent to declare an area of up to 7.5 km from the outer boundaries of the sanctuary as an Eco-Sensitive Zone .[ 7] [ 8] In June 2024, the Eco-Sensitive Zone was declared covering an area of 202.34 square kilometres (78.12 sq mi).[ 9]
Wild animals observed in the Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary include large-tailed nightjar ,[ 10] flying squirrel ,[ 11] three-striped palm squirrel , Asian chameleons,[ 12] Indian star tortoise,[ 13] mouse deer,[ 14] four-horned antelope,[ 15] and panther .[ 16]
The Phulwari ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary is administered out of headquarters located in Kotra, Udaipur District, Rajasthan.[ 2] There are three rest houses located inside and around the sanctuary, at Mamer, Panarwa, and Kotra.[ 2]
^ Sharma, B.K.; Kulshreshtha, Seema; Rahmani, Asad R. (2013). Faunal Heritage of Rajasthan, India: Conservation and Management of Vertebrates . Springer Science & Business Media. p. 37. ISBN 9783319013459 .
^ a b c d e "Annual Plan of Operations for Phulwari-ki-Nal Wildlife Sanctuary For The Year 2007-2008" (PDF) . Retrieved 4 March 2017 .
^ "Rajasthan State Notification F11 (1) Revenue / 8 / 83 dated 6 October 1983" (PDF) . Retrieved 24 December 2017 .
^ Kankane, P.L. (2000). Status Survey of Chinkara and Desert Cat in Rajasthan (PDF) . Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India. p. 45. ISBN 81-85874-30-1 .
^ a b "Assessment of Biodiversity in Phulwari-ki-Nal Wildlife Sanctuary: A Conservation Perspective" (PDF) . Foundation for Ecological Security. 4 March 2017.
^ a b Sharma, Satish Kumar (1996). "Amphibians of Phulwari Ki Nal Wildlife Sanctuary" . Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 92 : 271–272.
^ Extraordinary Gazette of India of 31 August 2015 . New Delhi: Government of India. 2015.
^ "Status of ESZ Notifications" . Ministry of Environment, Forest and climate Change . Retrieved 26 March 2019 .
^ "Fulwari ki Naal now an eco senstive zone" . The Times of India . ISSN 0971-8257 . Retrieved 21 June 2024 .
^ Sangha, Harkirat Singh; Devarshi, Dhirendra (2010). "Large-Tailed Nightjar Capimulgus Macrarus in Phulwari-ki-Naal Wildlife Sanctuary, Udaipur District, Rajasthan" . The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 107 (2): 173–174.
^ Koli, Vijay Kumar; Bhatnagar, Chhaya; Sharma, Satish Kumar (January–February 2013). "Distribution and Status of Indian Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista philippensis Elliot) in Rajasthan, India" . National Academy Science Letters . 36 : 27–33. doi :10.1007/s40009-012-0105-z . S2CID 86161494 .
^ Sharma, S.K. (1997). "Herpetofauna of Phulwari-ki-nal Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan State" (PDF) . Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . 94 : 573–575.
^ D'Cruze, Neil; Mookherjee, Aniruddha; Vyas, Raju; Macdonald, David W; de Silva, Anslem (2018). "Geochelone elegans (Schoepff 1795) – Indian Star Tortoise, Star Tortoise" (PDF) . Chelonian Research Monographs . No. 5. doi :10.3854/crm.5.106.elegans.v1.2018 . ISBN 978-0-9653540-9-7 .
^ Ecological Profile Gogunda, Rajasthan (PDF) . Foundation for Ecological Security. 2017. p. 28.
^ Meghwal, Ramchandra; Bhatnagar, Chhaya; Koli, Vijay Kumar (2018). "Activity and social behaviour of four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis de Blainville, 1816) in tropical deciduous forests of Aravalli mountain range, Western India" . Folia Zoologica . 67 : 22–31. doi :10.25225/fozo.v67.i1.a4.2018 . S2CID 90877884 .
^ Mathur, Ashok (7 February 2018). "Panthers are entering cities. Question is whether to kill or save them?" . Udaipurblog.com . Retrieved 10 June 2018 .