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Indian golden gecko
It was rediscovered in the Tirumala hills in 1985–86 after a long gap and has since been reported across the Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve. It carries Schedule I protection, the highest level in Indian law.
Calodactylodes aureus
Grey slender loris
A 2025 Andhra Pradesh Forest Department survey counted 419 slender lorises in the Seshachalam forests of the Sri Venkateswara sanctuary, where a decade earlier the count had been in double digits.
Loris lydekkerianus
Bonnet macaque
In August 2023 the temple trust banned the sale of fruit and vegetables along the Alipiri footpath, stating that pilgrims were buying them to feed monkeys and deer and that this was drawing wild animals onto the route. Footpath vendors were briefed on waste management at the same time.
Macaca radiata
Indian giant squirrel
Talakona, at 82 metres the highest waterfall in Andhra Pradesh, sits inside the 353.62 sq km national park notified in 1989, which in turn forms part of the Seshachalam Biosphere Reserve designated in September 2010, India's seventeenth.
Ratufa indica
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