Ecosystem
Madagascar Rainforests
Also Known As Madagascar Humid Forests
Tropical Rainforest
The Madagascar lowland forests, also called the Madagascar humid forests, cover roughly 112,000 square kilometers along the island's eastern coast. Between 80 and 90 percent of their plant and animal life is found nowhere else on Earth, concentrated especially in the forests of the eastern plain, and the ecoregion is listed among the Global 200 outstanding ecoregions. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Biogeographic Realm Area (sq km) Madagascar Rainforests
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Source Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Source World Wildlife Fund
Source World Wildlife Fund
Source The Reptile Database: Uroplatus pietschmanni
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Mantella aurantiaca
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Source Madagascar Lowland Forests (Wikipedia)
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1. Madagascar Lowland Forests (Wikipedia)
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The Madagascar lowland forests or Madagascar humid forests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion found on the eastern coast of the island of Madagascar, home to a plant and animal mix that is 80 to 90% endemic, with the forests of the eastern plain being a particularly important location of this endemism.
- Biogeographic realm: afrotropic (derived from location stated in entity description)
View the Source Indri (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHosts: Indri, Habitat sectionQuote, Hosts: Indri, Habitat section
lowland and montane forests along the eastern coast of Madagascar
World Wildlife Fund
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Mantella aurantiaca
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyHosts: Golden Mantella, Geographic RangeQuote, Hosts: Golden Mantella, Geographic Range
Mantella aurantiaca occupy the montane pandanus forests around Andasibe and they are typically found in isolated patches ranging throughout southeastern Madagascar.
The Reptile Database: Uroplatus pietschmanni
The Reptile DatabaseHosts: Cork-bark Leaf-tailed Gecko, DistributionQuote, Hosts: Cork-bark Leaf-tailed Gecko, Distribution
Distribution Madagascar (east coast rainforest)
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