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SO BEAUTIFUL MANTELLAS!
I was already in the Vohimana Forest around 30 years ago. It was one of the first raiforests that I ever visited. I was so amazed and so astonished by the beauty of the forest itself, and by the...
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WHITE LIPPED TREEFROGS, THE METEOROLOGICAL AMBASSADORS
When I passed in the Vohimana Forest, East Madagascar, I had the exceptional luck to find a considerable number of white-lipped treefogs, Boophis albilabris. This anuran is really particular since,...
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30 YEARS OF MADAGASCAR: CONSERVING AMPHIBIANS OF THE GREAT ISLAND
This year, 2018, it is just 30 years that I come in Madagascar. This is for studying and protecting amphibians and reptiles. The first year I came was just for holidays. It was really funny and...
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CHINESE GIANT SALAMANDERS ARE NOT ONE SPECIES, BUT FIVE OR EIGHT!
Wonderful and worrying news at the same time. The Chinese giant salamanderwas (once) classified and considered just one species, under the scientific name of Andrias davidianus. In a paper appeared...
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ANIMALI FANTASTICI. LE SALAMANDRE GIGANTI CINESI NON SOLO UNA, MA ADDIRITTURA...
Meravigliose e preoccupanti notizie allo stesso tempo dal Pianeta Terra. La salamandra gigante cinese era (una volta) classificata e considerata un’unica specie, sotto il nome scientifico di Andrias...
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THE ASTONISHING AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF THE ISALO MASSIF, SW MADAGASCAR
The Isalo Massif, in SW Madagascar, is one of the most interesting and far mysterious areas of Madagascar, despite of the fact that – at the same time – it is also one of the most visited sites. Its...
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IL SEGRETO DELL’UCCELLO ELEFANTE: L’UOMO IN MADAGASCAR GIA’ 10.500 ANNI FA?
Il Madagascar ha – diciamo da sempre – una serie di "capisaldi" per quanto riguarda la sua biogeografia e la sua storia, entrambi peculiari. Uno di questi e’ senza dubbio il fatto che si riteneva che...
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A NEW ACTION PLAN FOR THE THREATENED HARLEQUIN MANTELLA
In December 2018 (scheduled dates: 4-6) I will be honoured to participate to an important workshop dedicated to the conservation of Mantella cowanii, one of the most threatened frogs of Madagascar,...
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AMPHIBIAN VERSUS AMPHIBIAN: INVASIVE TOAD IS THREATENING MALAGASY ENDEMIC FROGS
Madagascar is well-known for its endemec and peculiar amphibian fauna: more than 350 species living only there and at least other 200 which are waiting for a formal description. But habitats are going...
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AEPYORNIS, MULLERORNIS, AND VOROMBE: ALL THE ELEPHANT BIRDS OF MADAGASCAR
Madagascar, we know already, is a land with a huge amount of biodiversity. Part of this has been extinct since quite a long time ago. We talk about giant lemurs and giand birds. All these animals are...
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