The Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve is a wildlife sanctuary in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra state in India.

Two decades later, in 1955, 116.54 square kilometres (45.00 sq mi) of this forest area was declared a national park.

To the southwest is the 120 hectares (300 acres) Tadoba Lake which acts as a buffer between the park's forest and the extensive farmland which extends up to Irai water reservoir.

Thick forests are relieved by smooth meadows and deep valleys as the terrain slopes from north to south.

Winters stretch from November to February; during this season, daytime temperatures are in the 25°–30 °C range and the park is lush green.

While summers are extremely hot in Tadoba, with the temperature rising to 47 °C, it is the ideal time to sight mammals near lakes as vegetation is minimal.

[4] Tadoba Reserve is a predominantly southern tropical dry deciduous forest with dense woodlands comprising about eighty seven per cent of the protected area.

Other deciduous trees found in this area include crocodile bark, bija, dhauda, hald, salai, semal and tendu.

Beheda, hirda, karaya gum, crepe myrtle, flame-of-the-forest, and Lannea coromandelica (wodier tree).

The climber kach kujali (velvet bean) found here is a medicinal plant used to treat Parkinson's disease.

[6] Aside from the keystone species, the Bengal tiger, Tadoba Tiger Reserve is home to other mammals, including: Indian leopards,[7] sloth bears, gaur, nilgai, dhole, small Indian civet, jungle cats, sambar, barking deer, chital, chausingha and honey badger.

Other bird species found in the reserve include the orange-headed thrush, Indian pitta, crested treeswift, stone curlew, crested honey buzzard, paradise flycatcher, bronze-winged jacana, lesser goldenbacked woodpecker, various warblers, black-naped blue flycatcher and the Indian peafowl.74 species of butterflies have been recorded including pansies, monarchs, mormons and swordtails.

This has an adverse impact on the economic condition of the local people and results in a negative view of the reserve management.