Essay sections:  Choose... Why is Madagascar so special? Biographies in biodiversity The human scene Conservation issues Travel and tourism Information sources and contacts Urban areas Rainforest Dry tropical forest Spiny desert Madagascar locations map
	Brookesia on leaves Click image for enlargement Note the outline-breaking pattern and points of this Brookesia which make it very hard to see on the forest floor.   Contents: 1.Plants 2.Millipedes 3.Frogs 4.Tortoises 5.Snakes 6.Iguanid Lizards 7.Chameleons  ·Chameleon facing  ·Green and black chameleon  ·Yellow and red chameleon  ·Brookesia chameleon on thumb  ·Brookesia on  leaves 8.Birds 9.Lemurs 10.Carnivores 11.Rodents

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