Buxa (the land of rare species)

Buxa Tiger reserve is popularly known for the numerous species of animals and birds.I saw a big sized lizard,busy in catching the insects.

Tokke at Buxa

The lizard was looking fearless and did not move even when I was very close.I asked a man of our guest house,he said, it was a snake (reptile) called "Tokke" or "Tokke geko".As they emit sound like that,as their mating call.It was big eyed and bluish in colour. In the evening I heard sound "Tokke",it was said that they often bite the human being when disturbed,causing a burning sensation,prevailing for few days.They are nocturnal and get hidden during the day.The lizards are mainly found in the surrounding of human habitations. The species were getting extinct and very few are remained.It was due to the trading of this lizard for their skin or so called medicinal use.

living colours of the Buxa

For hatching of their eggs,the Hornbills choose holes of long trees.When the time comes for the female to lay its eggs,she enters into the hole and they seal the entrance of the hole with mud and its droppings.Only a small hole is kept,through which the male hornbill feed the female throughout the period of incubation.

The great Indian Hornbill at Buxa

Last Tiger census in the Buxa Reserve Forest revealed the existence of around 20-tigers in this forest.Huge number of species of mammals,and birds were spotted to have existed in this forest.