A tiny bamboo lemur at the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park in eastern Madagascar.
Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A brown lemur mother and baby. Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A brown lemur mother and baby. Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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The indri, which local people call babakoto. It is the largest lemur species on the island and the star attraction of the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park.
Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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The indri, which local people call babakoto. It is the largest lemur species on the island and the star attraction of the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park.
Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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The indri, which local people call babakoto. It is the largest lemur species on the island and the star attraction of the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park.
Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A sifaka. Sifakas can be distinguished from indris by their long tails. Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A collared sifaka. Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A red-ruffed lemur in the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park. Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A mouse lemur at the Kirindy reserve, a privately managed forest close to the city of Morondava on the west coast.
Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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The fossa is the only predator on the island.
Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A fork-marked lemur at Kirindy.
Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A Parson’s chameleon, part of the collection of exotic chameleons at the Peyrieras Reptile Reserve, which is west of Andasibe. Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A panther chameleon, part of the collection of exotic chameleons at the Peyrieras Reptile Reserve, which is west of Andasibe. Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A leaf-tailed gecko, indistinguishable from the tree trunk to which it seems stuck. Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A colourful chameleon resident of the Peyrieras Reptile Reserve. Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A panther chameleon. Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A panther chameleon.
Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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Another chameleon resident of Peyrieras. Madagascar has more than 150 species of chameleons, not to mention geckos, newts, garden lizards and related species.
Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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Another chameleon resident of Peyrieras. Madagascar has more than 150 species of chameleons, not to mention geckos, newts, garden lizards and related species.
Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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A tomato frog, also at the Peyrieras Reptile Reserve. Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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Madagascar leaf snake. The island has no venomous snakes.
Photo: Sudha Mahalingam
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