Madagascar
Madagascar is a tropical island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa near Mozambique which has extraordinary conditions for species endemism. Of the 17,000 vascular plant species, 80% are endemic to Madagascar and 96% of the snakes and chameleons are endemic. Madagascar has diverse ecosystems from forests, savannahs and steppes to wetlands, rivers and lakes, mangroves and reefs.
Madagascar is a tropical island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa near Mozambique which has extraordinary conditions for species endemism. Of the 17,000 vascular plant species, 80% are endemic to Madagascar and 96% of the snakes and chameleons are endemic. Madagascar has diverse ecosystems from forests, savannahs and steppes to wetlands, rivers and lakes, mangroves and reefs.