Diversity and distribution of nonmarine malacofauna from tiger reserves of Telangana, India

Mollusca is remarkably one of the most diverse animal groups.Despite this fact, knowledge of the diversity and distribution of these species is still lagging in Telangana state, India.Hence, the present study aimed to study the malacofaunal diversity at different stations of two tiger reserves of Telangana to fill the gaps in the existing knowledge.Altogether, 37 sampling stations were surveyed for three years, from 2020 to 2022 in the present investigation.A total of 66 species of non-marine molluscs were recorded, including 33 land species and 33 freshwater species.