In2014, a toxic invasive species—the Asian common toad—was spotted in Madagascar's largest seaport. Conservation biologists quickly sounded an urgent alarm, warning that the invader could devastate the African island's unique biodiversity, which includes lemurs and hundreds of other animals found nowhere else in the world.Now,
Thereptiles are diverse and heterogeneous. If we compare the reptiles of Madagascar with those in Africa, there is a lack of viper, cobra, monitor lizard and python. Overwise Great Island is home to two-thirds of the world’s chameleons, which are represented here by a fairly large number of shapes and colors.
Asyou walk through Madagascar’s forests, there’s barely a moment when you can’t hear the sound of birdsong rising from the trees. Of the island’s 285+ bird species, just over 100 are endemic. Couas Coua. There are nine species in
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