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
	Purple flowers Click image for enlargement Lacking chlorophyll, Geosiris aphylla is a saprophyte drawing nourishment from decaying vegetation.   Contents: 1.Ranomafana National Park 2.Analamazoatra Special Reserve 3.Montagne d'Ambre National Park 4.Masoala Peninsula  ·Beach at Ambanizana  ·Black and yellow spider  ·Red clawed crab  ·Large red and black frog  ·Green Treefrog  ·Ambanizana River  ·Red Ruffed Lemur call  ·Red and black click beetle  ·Purple flowers  ·Fungus Weevil  ·Green and black frog  ·Green chameleon  ·Assassin bug  ·Hopper  ·Snail on Gravesia leaf  ·Gravesia leaf and fruit  ·Decaying leaf  ·Ambohitsi- tondroina hilltop 5.Nosy Mangabe Special Reserve 6.Former rainforest near Sambava

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