Our sincere thanks to Mr. Panwar, IFS, Deputy Conservator of Forest, DandeliAnshi Tiger Reserve for continued support and help during the project.Our thanks to Range Forest Officers, Mr. Naik, Mr. Kamath and Mr. Sheik for the extended support. Thanks to all the officials and office bears of Wildlife office, Dandeli.

We thank Mr. Manoj Kumar, IFS, Deputy Conservator of Forest, Dandeli (now in Sirsi), Mr. Lingaraj, IFS, Deputy Conservator of Forest, Haliyal (now in Shimoga)and Mr. Vijay Mohan Raj, IFS, Deputy Conservator of Forest, Sirsi (now in Bhadra) for the interactions, support and help in the execution of this project.

We thank Mr. C.R. Naik, Forester, for endless interactions, field trips, hospitality and support in the field. We are thankful to Chandrakanth, Baburao, Ashok, Sunil, Prabhakar, Nandish, and Dasgirfor providing valuable support during the field and stay at Kulgi Nature Camp. Mr. Shetty and Smt. Lacchavvaare profusely thanked for those amazing food stuffs, served sometimes in the rain drenched nights at Anshi and Kulgi Nature camps. Our special thanks to Sameer Ali, Vishnu D Mukri, Rao GR, Sreekantha, Srikant, Karthick, Vishnu Priya, Preeti, Nisarg, Ramnath,Devyani,VijayaCavale, DeeptiHunsaker, Meghana and Sachin for accompanying me during the field work.

Dr. SubashChandran requires a special mention for providing insights on ecological history of the Western Ghats and also for the patient listening to the frog stories.

Gururaja KV
Ramachandra TV
January 2012
Bangalore