Nosy Mangabe



Nosy Mangabe is part of Masoala National Park. The 520 ha island is located about 2 km offshore from the town of Maroantsetra and lies in the Gulf of Antongil.

Nosy Mangabe is most famous as a refuge for the aye-aye, a strange lemur once thought to be on the verge of extinction. The island is also known for its population of black-and-white ruffed lemurs and abundant Uroplatus geckos.

Lemurs found on Nosy Mangabe:
  • Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)
  • Eastern Avahi (Avahi laniger)
  • White-fronted Lemur Eulemur albifrons)
  • Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata)
  • Gray Mouse-lemur (Microcebus murinus)


    Nosy Mangabe coastline [madagascar_1885]

    Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe [uroplatus_fimbriatus-2170]

    Shadow of a gecko on a sunlit leaf

    Nosy Mangabe rainforest [madagascar_maroantsetra_0113]

    Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe [uroplatus_fimbriatus-0143]

    Spider [madagascar_2013]

    Phelsuma guttata Gecko in leaf

    Phelsuma guttata Day Gecko on bamboo

    Orange planthopper [madagascar_maroantsetra_0144]

    uroplatus (Nosy Mangabe)

    Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe [uroplatus_fimbriatus-214]

    Rainforest on Nosy Mangabe [madagascar_maroantsetra_0022]

    Leaf insect

    Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko [madagascar_maroantsetra_0046]

    Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe [uroplatus_fimbriatus-0147]

    Birdnest fern [madagascar_maroantsetra_0056]

    Giant Leaf-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) [madagascar_2040]

    Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe [uroplatus_fimbriatus-0142]

    Uroplatus fimbriatus on Nosy Mangabe

    Orange planthopper [madagascar_maroantsetra_0133]

    Beach on Nosy Mangabe [madagascar_maroantsetra_0189]

    Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe [uroplatus_fimbriatus-0124]

    Uroplatus fimbriatus gecko on Nosy Mangabe [uroplatus_fimbriatus-211]

    Bamboo in Madagascar [madagascar_maroantsetra_0204]

    Gephyromantis webbi frog [madagascar_maroantsetra_0086]

    Climbing Mantella (Mantella laevigata) frog [madagascar_maroantsetra_0120]

    Giant Borneo walking stick [madagascar_maroantsetra_0068]

    Gephyromantis moseri frog [madagascar_maroantsetra_0084]

    Red hibiscus

    Gephyromantis moseri frog

    Giant leaf-tailed gecko, Uroplatus fimbriatus [madagascar_maroantsetra_0197]

    Mantid [madagascar_maroantsetra_0074]

    Longhorn Beetle in flight with guide Armand

    Leaf frog [mcar_0009]

    Beach on Nosy Mangabe [madagascar_maroantsetra_0037]

    Mantidactylus melanopleura species [madagascar_maroantsetra_0093]

    White ruffed lemur feeding on tamarind

    Pygmy Stump-tailed Chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) on a woman's hand

    Multi-colored grasshopper with orrange eyes

    Katydid [madagascar_maroantsetra_0202]

    5-petal flower [madagascar_maroantsetra_0078]

    Orange planthopper [madagascar_maroantsetra_0141]

    Mantidactylus melanopleura [madagascar_1952]


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