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
	Uroplatus gecko Click image for enlargement When the fringe along the body, chin, and legs is pressed to tree bark the gecko casts no shadow and is amazingly difficult to see.   Contents: 1.Ranomafana National Park 2.Analamazoatra Special Reserve 3.Montagne d'Ambre National Park 4.Masoala Peninsula 5.Nosy Mangabe Special Reserve  ·Nosy Mangabe shoreline  ·Garth and bonito  ·Nosy Mangabe ridgetop  ·Spiral fern  ·Uroplatus control tree  ·Two Uroplatus geckoes  ·Non-cryptic Uroplatus  ·Uroplatus gecko  ·Uroplatus on a small branch  ·Owlfly  ·Tailless swallowtail butterfly  ·Persimmon  ·Dendrocalamus bamboo  ·Bamboo patch  ·Jumping spider  ·Red and green chameleon  ·Clearwing hopper and ant  ·Parasitic wasp 6.Former rainforest near Sambava

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