Madagascar is a large island in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Southern Africa, east of Mozambique. It has a total area of 587,040 square kilometres (226,660 sq mi) with 581,540 square kilometres (224,530 sq mi) of land and 6,900 square kilometres (2,700 sq mi) of water. Madagascar is the fourth-largest island and the second-largest island country in the world. The highest point is Maromokotro, in the Tsaratanana Massif region in the north of the island, at 2,876 metres (9,436 ft). The capital Antananarivo is in the Central Highlands near the centre of the island. It has the 25th largest exclusive economic zone of 1,225,259 km2 (473,075 sq mi). Madagascar is 400 kilometres east of mainland Africa.
Maromokotro or Maromokotra is a volcano on Madagascar at 2,876 meters (9,436 ft) high. It is located in the Tsaratanana Massif inside the Tsaratanana Reserve in Diana Region in the northern part of the island. The next larger towns are Bealanana and Ambanja that are situated still at more than 2 days of travel from this mountain.
The Northern Highlands are a mountainous biogeographical region of northern Madagascar. The region includes the Tsaratanana Massif and smaller nearby massifs such as Marojejy, Anjanaharibe-Sud, and Manongarivo. The Mandritsara Window separates the Northern from the Central Highlands and apparently acts as a barrier to dispersal between the two highlands, leading to species pairs such as Voalavo gymnocaudus and Voalavo antsahabensis. None of the montane endemics of Tsaratanana are shared with the major massifs of the Central Highlands.
Soganaclia is a genus of moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Paul Griveaud in 1964.
Rivotra is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae. The genus was erected by Paul Griveaud in 1976.
Salvatgea is a genus of moths in the subfamily Lymantriinae. The genus was erected by Paul Griveaud in 1977.
Palleon lolontany is a species of chameleon endemic to Madagascar. It was first described by Raxworthy and Nussbaum in 1995 as Brookesia lolontany. It was since placed in the genus Palleon when that genus was erected in 2013. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) rated the species as Near Threatened.
Mpanjaka albovirida is a moth of the family of Erebidae that is found in North Madagascar.
Apamea roedereri is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in northern Madagascar.
Sciomesa betschi is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in Madagascar.
Soganaclia roedereri is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Paul Griveaud in 1970. It is found in northern Madagascar where it seems to be confined to the high altitudes of the Tsaratanana Massif.
Soganaclia viridisparsa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Paul Griveaud in 1964. It is found in northern Madagascar where it seems to be confined to the high altitudes of the Tsaratanana Massif.
Hypocoela tornifusca is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Claude Herbulot in 1970. It is found in northern Madagascar. where it is known from the high altitudes of the Massif du Tsaratanana.
Epigelasma crenifera is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North Madagascar.
Chrysocraspeda aurantibasis is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North Madagascar.
Chrysocraspeda corallina is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in North Madagascar.
Europtera punctillata is a species of Lasiocampidae moth native to Madagascar.
Calumma tsaratananense, the Tsaratanana chameleon, is a species of chameleon found in Madagascar.
The Sambirano region, also known as the Sambirano domain, is a biogeographic region of northwestern Madagascar. It has a distinctive lowland climate with year-round rain, differing from the rest of seasonally-dry western and northern Madagascar. The climate supports humid lowland rainforests, with greater similarity to those of eastern Madagascar than the dry deciduous forests characteristic of the Madagascar's western lowlands.
