Nagaland's Unique Wildlife: Exclusive Fauna Finds You Won't See Anywhere Else

Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock hoolock)

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Naga Hills pit viper (Trimeresurus naganus)

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Naga Wren-Babbler (Spelaeornis chocolatinus)

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Naga Hills Frog (Clinotarsus alticola)

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Naga Tree Shrew (Tupaia naga)

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Naga White-eye (Zosterops naga)

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Naga Teetar (Perdicula manipurensis)

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Naga Hills Torrent Frog (Amolops intercurrens)

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