Madagascar

Sleeping Strategies: New Insights into the Roosting Ecology of the Jewelled Chameleon
Sleeping Strategies: New Insights into the Roosting Ecology of the Jewelled Chameleonby Responsible herpetoculture - Jan. 02, 2026

The Jewelled Chameleon (Furcifer campani), a strikingly patterned species endemic to the central highlands of Madagascar, lives in a challenging environmen...

Newly Discovered Frog Species Named for Their Star Trek-esque Calls
Newly Discovered Frog Species Named for Their Star Trek-esque Callsby Responsible herpetoculture - Jul. 04, 2025

Seven newly discovered frog species live in the lush rainforests of Madagascar. These small amphibians make strange, high-pitched whistling sounds that sound a...

Thousands of Tortoises Saved at Madagascar’s Lavavolo Tortoise Center
Thousands of Tortoises Saved at Madagascar’s Lavavolo Tortoise Centerby Responsible herpetoculture - Jan. 30, 2025

Heavy rains from Tropical Cyclone Dikeledi 10 days ago caused massive and severe flooding in Madagascar’s Atsimo-Andrewfana Region, which caused the Lavavolo ...

Massive tortoise rewilding in Madagascar’s spiny forest strives to save fraught species
Massive tortoise rewilding in Madagascar’s spiny forest strives to save fraught speciesby Responsible herpetoculture - Jan. 17, 2025

Conservationists and villagers in southern Madagascar aim to release 20,000 critically endangered radiated tortoises rescued from the illegal wildlife trade b...

Star Trek-inspired Names for 7 Newly Discovered Tree Frog Species
Star Trek-inspired Names for 7 Newly Discovered Tree Frog Speciesby Joeby Ragpa - Oct. 21, 2024

Seven new species of tree frogs have been revealed in Madagascar. And their new names pay tribute to Star Trek. Originally, the frogs were all thought to b...

Guide from RHF: Leaf-Tailed Geckos
Guide from RHF: Leaf-Tailed Geckosby Responsible herpetoculture - Oct. 14, 2024

CONTENTS: - Dmitri Tkachev EDITORIAL - Dmitri Tkachev MADAGASCAR: A PERSPECTIVE FROM RESPONSIBLE HERPETOCULTURE - Hubert Dobosz SOME NOTE ON HUSBANDRY O...

Watch a Labord’s Chameleon’s Final Colorful Display Before Ger Death
Watch a Labord’s Chameleon’s Final Colorful Display Before Ger Deathby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 04, 2024

Documentary makers have witnessed the Labord's chameleon (Furcifer labordi) putting on a spectacular display at the end of her life. Using time-lapse photogra...

New “Rock-Climbers” Gecko Species Was Described
New “Rock-Climbers” Gecko Species Was Describedby Joeby Ragpa - Oct. 23, 2023

Thanks to recently collected samples, new "rock-climbers" gecko was described and named after its preferred habitat, the boulders surrounded by the last re...

Jersey Zoo Welcomes Rare Madagascar Big-headed Turtles Hatchlings
Jersey Zoo Welcomes Rare Madagascar Big-headed Turtles Hatchlingsby Joeby Ragpa - Feb. 05, 2023

Six Critically Endangered Madagascar big-headed turtles (Erymnochelys madagascariensis), have hatched at Durrell’s Jersey Zoo for the first time. The ju...

20 New Frog Species Found in Madagascar
20 New Frog Species Found in Madagascarby Joeby Ragpa - Jan. 03, 2023

Madagascar doesn’t have any toads, salamanders or newts, but it is home to hundreds of different species of endemic frogs. Scientists discovered many new s...

The Chameleons of Madagascar
The Chameleons of Madagascarby Joeby Ragpa - Dec. 11, 2022

"On a recent trip to this island, I was fortunate enough to find and photograph many of these unique chameleons of Madagascar across a variety of habitats....

Rugose Forest Frog is Proved to be Endangered Species Soon After Being Discovered
Rugose Forest Frog is Proved to be Endangered Species Soon After Being Discoveredby Joeby Ragpa - Aug. 15, 2022

A new frog species, rugose forest frog (Gephyromantis marokoroko), discovered in Madagascar is already endangered because of the loss of suitable habitat. ...

New Subspecies of Phelsuma Genus Was Described on Nose Be island
New Subspecies of Phelsuma Genus Was Described on Nose Be islandby Joeby Ragpa - Jun. 20, 2022

A new subspecies of day geckos, namely 𝘗𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘢 𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘹𝘢, was found on Nosy Be Island thanks to molecular studies. Read more info about thi...