Atalahy, A.M., F. Rakotonasolo, M. Rabarimanarivo, H.L.T. Ranarijaona & S.G. Razafimandimbison (2021). New species of the genus Pyrostria (Rubiaceae, Vanguerieae) from Madagascar. Candollea 76: 1–12. In French, English and French abstracts.In course a taxonomic revision Comm. ex Juss. in Madagascar, we describe five new endemic Island: ambohitantelensis Rakotonas. Razafim., ambrensis betsomange...

species of chameleon, Furcifer labordi, in Madagascar that spends most of its life as an egg. in Madagascar and the American Museum of Natural History in New York, have found a chameleon with a remarkable lifestyle and report the results in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (published online). Although there are almost limitless theoretical combinations of ...

OBJECTIVES To monitor the sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to the drugs used to treat severe malaria and to prevent malaria in Comoros and Madagascar. DESIGN We used the in vitro isotopic method to test the sensitivity of P. falciparum to quinine, mefloquine and cycloguanil. RESULTS We tested fresh isolates of P. falciparum, collected from patients living in urban, suburban and rural ar...

Pseudorphnus carinatus new species is described from northern Madagascar (Antsiranana Province). Males of the new species differ from other species of the genus in having a long (about 8/10 the width of clypeus) transverse ridge near anterior margin of the clypeus. Pseudorphnus Benderitter, 1913, is a small genus of orphnine scarab beetles endemic to Madagascar. The members of the genus, both m...

Madagascar has historically suffered from high fragmentation of forested habitats, often leading to biodiversity loss. Neverthless, forest fragments still retain levels biological diversity. The Haute Matsiatra Region (south-eastern Madagascar) hosts the renowned Andringitra National Park and several surrounding isolated embedded in a matrix human-dominated landscape. During herpetological surv...

Oculoplastic surgery in high-income countries is now recognised as a rapidly evolving and expanding subspecialty. In lowand middle-income countries, however, most oculoplastic surgery is performed by general ophthalmologists with varying levels of surgical training and experience. The aim of this study was to review the oculoplastic practices in Madagascar, including the nature of presenting di...

The ethical conduct of research in any setting hinges on the voluntary and informed consent participants. Working towards that is truly informed, however, far from straightforward, requires attention to contextual factors may complicate achievement this ideal specific settings. This paper based Madagascar’s first “Consent complexities health Madagascar” workshop, held Antananarivo, Madagascar, ...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Adansonia comprises nine species, six of which are endemic to Madagascar. Genetic relationships between the Malagasy species remain unresolved due to conflicting results between nuclear and plastid DNA variation. Morphologically intermediate individuals between distinct species have been identified, indicative of interspecific hybridization. In this paper, microsatellite dat...

Madagascar harbors four large adaptive radiations of endemic terrestrial mammals: lemurs, tenrecs, carnivorans, and rodents. These rank among the most spectacular examples of evolutionary diversification, but their monophyly and origins are debated. The lack of Tertiary fossils from Madagascar leaves molecular studies as most promising to solve these controversies. We provide a simultaneous rec...

Reflecting a global trend, freshwater wetlands in Madagascar have received little conservation or research attention. Madagascar is a global conservation priority due to its high level of species endemism but most work has focused on protecting forests. For the first time, we investigated the state of wetlands across the country to determine the effects of human disturbance. We conducted a rapi...