Madagascar's unique species
Madagascar is the home of many endemic species, species occuring nowhere but on this island due to its evolutionary isolation. About 80% of all Madagascar species are endemic. Of that 80%, many species are locally endemic: occuring on certain (or only one) location on the island.
This photo collection celebrates some of Madagascar's unique species.
Ferdy Christant created this list 12 years ago
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Scaley Ground Roller. -
Long Tailed Ground Roller. -
Subdesert Mesite. -
Madagascan Pygmy Kingfisher. -
Coquerel's Coua. -
Verreaux's Coua. -
Madagascan Harrier Hawk.3 -
Ankarana Sportive Lemur closeup, Ankarana dry forest, Madagascar -
Short Legged Ground Roller. -
Yellow Bellied Sunbird Asity. -
Group of Sanfords brown lemurs, Amber Mountain, Madagascar -
Calumma linotum, Amber Mountain, Madagascar -
Amber Mountain Chameleon, Amber Mountain, Madagascar -
Meeting the white ghost of Marojejy, Madagascar -
Large black snout beetle, Masoala NP, Madagascar -
Queen of Night | Saribia ochracea -
Madagascan pygmy kingfisher, Masoala, Madagascar -
White-fronted Brown Lemur, Masoala, Madagascar -
A Perinet Night Snake (Ithycyphus perineti) digests a meal in a cave in Anjajavy, Madagascar -
A tiny Bruno's Dwarf Chameleon (Brookesia brunoi) eyes the photographer warily -
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Large thick tree frog in tree nest, Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar -
A Tsingy Girdled Lizard (Zonosaurus tsingy) basking on a rock in Ankarana Reserve