
Madagascar girdled lizard, Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar
These small lizards can make a walk quite tense. They hide in the thick layer of leaves and as you approach, they suddenly rush of, testing your reflexes. Luckily, there is little reason to be scared in Madagascar, it doesn't have any wildlife that is life threatening (except for a few scorpions and crocs).

The Madagascar girdled lizard or Madagascar plated lizard is a species of lizard in the family Gerrhosauridae.
It is found in Madagascar and the Seychelles. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas.