Local form Nosy Komba
Distribution of the local form Nosy Komba: Nosy Komba is an island in the northwest of Madagascar. It is located in close proximity to the islands Nosy Be and Nosy Tanikely directly opposite the...
Local form Nosy Mangabe
Distribution of the local form Nosy Mangabe: Nosy Mangabe (translated as “very beautiful island”) is an island with a size of 5,2 km² that is situated a few kilometers southeast of Maroantsetra in Antongil...
Local form Nosy Mitsio
Distribution of the local form Nosy Mitsio: Nosy Mitsio is not a single island, but a group of islands of volcanic origin on Madagascar’s northwest coast. The archipelago is part of Antsiranana region and...
Local form Nosy Tanikely
Distribution of the local form Nosy Tanikely: Nosy Tanikely is a tiny paradisiacal island of 3.41 km², which is well reflected in its name. The Malagasy Nosy Tanikely means “island of little earth” or...
Local form Nosy Valiha
Distribution of the local form Nosy Valiha: Nosy Valiha is an about 2,17 km² large island near the bay of Befotaka (a bay of the same name exists on the island Nosy Be, this...
Local form Sambava
Distribution of the local form Sambava: Sambava is located on Madagascar’s east coast in the Sava region in the Indian Ocean. The city has approximately 45.000 inhabitants and is famous as the “capital of...
Local form Sambirano
Distribution of the local form Sambirano: In the south of the city of Ambanja in northwest Madagascar, region Diana, the river Sambirano runs. Due to its size, it forms a natural border for panther...
Local form Soanierana Ivongo
Distribution of the local form Soanierana Ivongo: Soanierana Ivongois a small harbor city on the east coast of Madagascar that belongs to Analanjirofo region. About 25.000 people live here, mainly from fishery and cloves...
Calumma uetzi
First description: Prötzel, Vences, Hawlitschek, Scherz, Ratsoavina & Glaw, 2018 Origin of the species name: Frank Glaw of the Munich State Zoological Collection (Germany) had the idea to name the species after Peter...
Calumma vohibola
First description: Gehring, Ratsoavina, Vences and Glaw, 2011 Origin of the species name: Philip-Sebastian Gehring and Miguel Vences from the Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany), Fanomezana M. Ratsoavina from the University of Antananarivo (Madagascar),...
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