Madagascar Freshwater Crayfish

Astacoides madagascariensis is endemic to Madagascar, and extends a little further north than that of any other Malagasy crayfishes. The distribution of this species lies at latitudes 18° to 21° S, longitudes 47° to 49° E. Type specimens were probably collected in the vicinity of Tananarive (Hobbs 1987). This species is found in the Toamasina and Antananarivo provinces (Boyko et al. 2005). This species has an estimated extent of occurrence of 3,697 km2.