Reserve of Mitsinjo

The Reserve of Mitsinjo is located close to the village of Andasibe in eastern Madagascar, in the Alaotra-Mangoro region.

Mitsinjo’s biggest treasure is the diversity of frogs. The Andasibe area is known for its extreme wealth in frog species. More than one hundred species can be found in and around the reserve, among them common species such as Boophis pyrrhus, Boophis luteus or Boophis viridis, but also rare species such as Mantella crocea.

However, Mistinjo is not only famous for its amphibians: the forest is home to Madagascar’s largest lemur, the Indri (Indri indri). Diademed sifakas and wooly lemurs are also a part of a variety of rare animals that visitors can watch here. Regarding reptiles, the reserve has a large amount of chameleons: Calumma brevicorne and the bright coloured Calumma parsonii cristifer, and also leaf-tailed geckos, snakes and other beauties of nature.