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This activity from Annie's Resource Attic is copyright 2011 by ann brundige studio. You may not sell this activity, nor use any of its elements for commercial purposes. For details regarding this Creative Commons license, see the Terms of Use section of the web page at www.annbrundige studio.com. If you want copies of this book, download the PDF or a multimedia version from the Madagascar Adventures activity set page. You may make and distribute copies of the PDFs, but must include the credits page.

Madagascar Adventures is a group of five exploratory activities. The entire activity set includes printable versions of the adventures, tests, photos, writing activities, and off-computer materials such as vocabulary cards. It also includes teacher materials including an overview, maps, and test keys. You can download all these things free from the Annie's Resource Attic web site.

Most of the photos and videos in the five adventures are ©2011 by Ann Brundige. There are also illustrations that are a collage of elements by Ann Brundige and other photographers. Finally, there are photos, videos, and sounds by other authors. The following credits list attributions for all other contributors to Madagascar Adventures. If you don't see an item in the list, it's by Ann Brundige.

Quick Links To Madagascar Adventures Credits

Dry Forest Photo/Video Credits Spiny Forest Photo/Video Credits Island Encounter Photo/Video Credits
Wet Forest Photo/Video Credits Night Walk Photo/Video Credits Sounds C Credits
Bibliography

Lemurs of Madagascar by Russell A. Mittermeir, Edward Lewis, Matthew Richardson, et. al., Conservation International Tropical Field Guide Series.

Madagascar Wildlife by Nick Garbutt, Hilay Bradt, Derek Shuurman, et al, 2008, Bradt Travel Guides LTD.

Mammals of Madagascar A Complete Guide by Nick Garbutt, 2007, Yale University Press.

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Photo and Video Credits For Madagascar Adventures

Most of the photos and videos in the Madagascar Adventures activities are from my trip to Madagascar in 2010. The following list gives attributions for photos and videos used that are by other photographers and videographers.

Note: Most of these photos are copyrighted under Creative Commons licenses (http://creativecommons.org/licenses). The type of license applied to each item is noted by codes in parentheses, with CC for Creative Commons followed by one or more specific codes and the license version. Example: (CC BY-SA 3.0). Possible specific codes are: BY = Attribution, NC = Non-Commercial, ND = No Derivatives, SA = Share Alike.

Maps For Ship Menu

Ecoregions map from Missouri Botanical Gardens website http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/madagascar/maps/bc5tif.jpg Used for reference on Cornet's (1974) ecoregions system.

Public Domain Satellite map satellitenkarte-madagaskar.png http://www.worldofmaps.net/en/africa/map-madagascar/satellite-map-madagascar.htm Download: Map of Madagascar (Satellite Map) This file is in the public domain.

NASA Topographic map topographische-karte-madagaskar.jpg http://www.worldofmaps.net/en/africa/map-madagascar/topographic-map-madagascar.htm This file is in the public domain. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted."

Madagascar map with preserves and parks Mada_PAs.jpg by Masindrano 2006 (CC BY-SA-3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

http://www.eoearth.org/files/119901_120000/119942/Madagascar_copy.jpg (CC BY-SA-3.0), via ecoearth.org. Madagascar map with ecoregions marked.

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Dry Forest Adventure Photo Credits

Tapia trees (Uapaca bojeri) 3447848093_1b8fa9e7cd_o.jpg by Leonora Enking (user wallygrom ) 2008 (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Flickr.com.

Malagasy silkworm (Borocera madagascarensis) (or "landibe") 2534201507_a861367b20_o.jpg by Olivier Lejade 2008 (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Isalo 95.JPG A silkworm in the wild.

Cocoons 4427758870_b33b3586be_o.jpg by Patrick Barry (user surrealpenguin) 2009 (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Silk cocoons. These are really domestic silkworms. I turned them brown and rougher to resemble wild silkworm cocoons.

Spider Silk Illustration collage My spider photo layered on top of tapestry with hand holding thread beside it. IMAG0163-1.jpg by Brutaldeluxe (CC Public Domain), via Wikimedia Commons. Hand holding spool of spider silk thread.

4066772621_5e3838f81e_b.jpg by mizinformation 2009 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Spider silk tapestry close-up.

4067523570_2fe4e5d560_b.jpg by mizinformation 2009 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. woven from Madagascar Golden Orb Spider Silk.

Ring-tailed Lemurs

3953855032_38dda7c6d1_o.jpg by Antony Stanley (user gripso_banana_prune) 2009 (CC BY-SA-2.0), via Flickr.com Ringtail calling.

Lemur_Catta03.jpg by Bernard Gagnon 2007 (CC -BY-SA-3.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Ringtail family on ground Ring-tailed lemurs in Anja Reserve near Ambalavao, Madagascar.

Verreaux Sifaka collage Lemurien10-2006.JPG by Bernard Robert 2006b (CC BY-SA-3.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Verreax Sifaka in tree in Isalo. Added this lemur to my tapia tree photo.

Brown Lemurs (Eulemur fulvus)

Two_Brown_Lemur,_Mantadia,_Madagascar.jpg by Frank Vassen 2010 (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

2427926320_414cb77de8_o.jpg by David Dennis 2007 (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Brown Lemur (Eulemur fulvus) from Berenty.

[Note: All videos in the Dry Forest adventure are by Ann Brundige.]

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Spiny Forest Adventure Photo Credits

Ringtail Jump Collage

2807245398_ea36ab6203_o.jpg by j-fi 2008 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Tall spiny plant, view looking straight up (Allaudia) Combined with: Katta_(Lemur_catta)_jumping.jpg by Malene Thyssen, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Malene 2004 (CC BY-SA-2.5), via Wikimedia Commons.

Ringtails on rocks 2479239444_e319886caa_o.jpg by DavidDennisPhotos.com 2007 (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Ringtailed Lemurs in Berenty.

Verreaux Sifakas   3453211357_5186f69708_o.jpg by Leonora Enking (user wallygrom) 2008 (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Sifakas on thorny bed.

Verreaux Sifakas collage

3453971488_208ac501e6_o.jpg Didiereaceae in the Spiny Desert Kaleta Reserve near Amboasary Sud in southern Madagascar. Combined with: 3453211345_b3034f0ea7_o.jpg Sifakas on spiny allaudia trunks Both by Leonora Enking (user wallygrom(very busy at work)) 2008 (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com.

Dancing Sifakas

Background and right sifaka from 2807238162_d769da82c9_o.jpg by j-fi 2008 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0); middle sifaka from 2062561597_efb8e7b1a6_o.jpg by Steve Johnson (user biggles621) 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0); left sifaka from 3725220348_7f79d5e659_o.jpg by Leonora Enking (user wallygrom) 2008 (CC BY-SA 2.0). All three via Flickr.com.

Verreaux Sifaka Triptych

3725201624_b61e76ff47_o.jpg, 3725220340_38492ed8bc_o.jpg, 3725201616_2f783ebc76_o.jpg by Leonora Enking (user wallygrom) 2008 (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com.

Sifaka dance movie constructed from:

Background and first frame sifaka 2807238162_d769da82c9_o.jpg; dancing sifaka in road by j-fi 2008 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com.     Other frames include:

2807238996_d0853b2e9f_o.jpg Dancing sifaka (looking back), 2806391921_2187e44192_o.jpg Shadow Dancer (back turned), and 2807239840_6f8da5bf9d_o.jpg Stop Look Listen (back turned) all by j-fi 2008 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com.

2131544392_6d4477ae1a_o.jpg _MG_6837 Back turned, standing and 2062561597_efb8e7b1a6_o.jpg _MG_6835 Back turned, feet crossed, both by Steve Johnson (user biggles621) 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com

3724425119_9a8f23d4d5_o.jpg, 3725220348_7f79d5e659_o.jpg, 3724425123_71d5abb8c4_o.jpg, 3724425125_92711ca74b_o.jpg, and 3725201624_b61e76ff47_o.jpg by Leonora Enking (user wallygrom) 2008 (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com.

Propithecus_verreauxi_i.jpg by Neil Strickland 2008 (CC BY-2.0 ), via Wikimedia Commons.

Flying Fox on Tree

2131510498_2daea0ed2c_o.jpg by Steve Johnson (user biggles621) 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Flying Fox Hanging on tree.

Flying Fox collage

2130735397_d0cf62f31e_o.jpg by Steve Johnson (user biggles621) 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Flying Fox Face view Combined with: 3450546897_cef3e85604_o.jpg Didieraceae by Leonora Enking (user wallygrom) 2008 (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Flickr.com. The Spiny Desert en route from Fort Dauphin to Amboasary.

Grandidier's Mongoose Collage

Mungo1.jpg by Grigory Morozov 2008 (CC BY-SA-3.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Grandidier's mongoose combined with: 3451443320_efbe13545e_o.jpg by Leonora Enking (User wallygrom) 2008 (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Aloe divaricata, Kaleta Reserve, near Amboasary in southern Madagascar.

Drongo Collage

2062597929_7cbb4fe6a2_o.jpg by Steve Johnson (user biggles621 ) 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Drongo on a wire. This was combined with Ann Brundige's sky and branch. Alluaudia procera branches inn background from: Alluaudia_Procera_Ifaty_Madagascar.jpg by JialiangGao www.peace-on-earth.org 2007 (CC BY-SA-3.0 ), via via Wikimedia Commons.

Spiny Forest Scenery

950062993_a9d57aaece_o.jpg by dimitri_66 2007 (CC BY-NC 2.0), via Flickr.com. Spiny Forest-- alluaudia in southern Madagascar.

Spiny_Forest_Ifaty_Madagascar.jpg by JialiangGao www.peace-on-earth.org 2007 (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Spiny forest at Ifaty, Madagascar, featuring various adansonia (baobao) species, alluaudia procera (Madagascar ocotillo) and other vegetations.

Alluaudia_Procera_Ifaty_Madagascar.jpg by JialiangGao www.peace-on-earth.org 2007 (CC BY-SA 3.0 ), via via Wikimedia Commons.

2806379003_c3a1bd4f0b_o.jpg Spiny forest by j-fi 2008 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Mountains in background, spiny plants in front. Turned it into a sunset.

4221903759_065e176c16_o.jpg by Dennis Tang 2009 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), via Flickr.com. Baobaos in Spiny Desert.

941597018_fd67aa5a68_b.jpg by mfavez 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Madagascar - Allée des baobabs. This has backs of people and zebu cart.

Spiny Forest Adventure Video Credits

Video for the two following ARKive.org movies was produced by:

  • BBC Natural History Unit c/o BBC Motion Gallery
  • The Garden house, Media Centre
  • 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TQ U.K.
  • Tel: +44 (0) 20 8433 2861 / 2
  • Fax: +44 (0) 20 8433 2939
  • motiongallery.uk@bbc.co.uk
  • http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com

and Audio by

  • BBC Natural History Unit Broadcasting House
  • Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 2LR
  • United Kingdom
  • Tel: +44 (0) 117 974 2415
  • Fax: +44 (0) 117 923 8879
  • IABristolEnquiries@bbc.co.uk

Verreaux's Sifaka Feeding Movie from ARKive.org.

Verreaux's Sifaka 'Dancing" Movie from ARKive.org.

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Island Encounter Photo Credits

3954150508_6ba0f2981a_o.jpg by gripso_banana_prune (Antony Stanley) 2009 (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Sand Crab, Île Sainte-Marie.

2721688913_a43bb8cb84_o.jpg by Jonathan Talbot, World Resources Institute 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Starfish, Madagascar.

Snorkel gear collage

My sky and ships added to beach 1922487103_237798ce70_o.jpg by ecololo 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Nosy Ve beach and 42355422_dd5d708e0e_o.jpg by Tomas Heilberg 2005 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Snorkel and fins.

Walking on beach collage

My sky and distant ship added to beach photo 1922491297_4a765c772b_o.jpg by ecololo 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Nosy Ve beach.

Underwater Photos

Fishes_Mada.JPG by Mila Zinkova 2005 (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sea_anemones_mad.JPG by Mila Zinkova 2005 (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

6131251848_78b01516a9_o.jpg by Daniel Vaulot (danielguip) 2011 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via flickr.com. Home sweet home - Amphiprion akallopisos - Skunk clown fish.

To Tropicbirds collage

6061695116_c1cb1b448c_o.jpg by NH53 2011 (CC BY 2.0), via Flickr.com. Red-Tailed Tropicbird In Flight plus 6061142317_679b369278_o.jpg by NH53 2011 (CC BY 2.0), via Flickr.com. Nosy Ve Island (View toward tropicbirds end of beach).

Red-Tailed Tropic Birds

Red_tailed_tropic_bird.jpg by Mila Zinkova 2007 (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Red-tailed Tropicbird at Midway Atoll.

6061145565_c4debf3ccc_o.jpg by NH53 2011 (CC BY 2.0), via Flickr.com. Red-Tailed Tropicbird (distant).

1922537057_ee18bf2617_o.jpg by ecololo 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Tropicbird On Nest.

6061696910_b5aee38857_o.jpg by NH53 2011 (CC BY 2.0), via Flickr.com. Red-Tailed Tropicbird and Chick.

6061142823_2b45dc72b0_o.jpg by NH53 2011 (CC BY 2.0), via Flickr.com. Red-Tailed Tropic Bird Chick.

Pirogues

2890983024_14a973c229_o.jpg by Bettina Neuefeind 2008 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Nosy Be, Madagascar Man launching pirogue.

Pirogue Parts collage: Three of my photos of sail, spar, and outrigger support plus 1923240186_cf783a71fc_o.jpg by ecololo 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Vertical photo of man in pirogue.

[Note: All videos in the Island Encounter Adventure are by Ann Brundige.]

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Wet Forest Adventure Photo Credits

LEMURS

Eulemur_collaris_at_the_Bronx_Zoo_02.jpg by Postdlf 2010 (CC BY-SA-3.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Lemur from this source added to photo by Winston Brundige for collared lemur Look Closer page.

Golden Bamboo Lemur

Lemur High In Trees: 5940029449_8f5602553a_o.jpg by Carlos Espejo (user MUESCA61) 2008 (CC BY-NC 2.0), via Flickr.com. Bottom view of reddish lemur high in a tree. Golden bamboo? In Ranomafana NP.

Look Closer: Golden Bamboo Lemur 3953014695_c54271f161_o.jpg by Antony Stanley (gripso_banana_prune) 2009 (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com.

Eastern Woolly Lemur

4998858578_f1f8ee2df4_o.jpg by David d'O 2008 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Eastern Woolly Lemur - Analamazaotra National Park (Périnet), Madagascar (distant view).

Look Closer: 4998851414_535d000cfb_o.jpg by David d'O 2008 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com. Eastern Woolly Lemur Ranomafana NP.

Black and White Ruffed Lemur

2785408780_963612776b_b.jpg by rore(Aurore D) 2008 (CC BY-SA 2.0) via Flickr.com. Black and white ruffed lemur climbing in trees.

Tell Me More Triptych for Black and White Ruffed

Left panel: 4308916793_48a86718ef_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2010 (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.com. Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur, Mantadia, Madagascar.

Middle panel: Varecia_variegata_suspensory_posture2.jpg by Alex Dunkel (user visionholder) 2008 (CC BY 3.0 ), via Wikimedia Commons.

Right panel: Varecia_variegata_Ankanin'ny_Nofy.jpg by Olivier Lejade (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

I replaced the zoo backgrounds of middle and right panels with 968744980_906a641d61_o.jpg by dmitri_66 2007 (CC BY-NC 2.0) liana in perinet and my forest photo, respectively.

Indri

2807273112_cea29cce07_o.jpg by j-fi 2008 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) via Flickr.com Indri in a tree.

Look Closer Indri+bebe.JPG Marius CONJEAUD (Mariusba) 2006 ( CC BY-SA 3.0 ), via Wikimedia Commons Indri and baby.

OTHER ANIMALS

Frog: 4027540414_77be43420a_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0), via Flickr.com. Gephyromantis luteus, Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar Brown Chameleon: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chameleon_in_Andasibe.jpg by David Dennis 2009 (CC BY-SA-2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Fossa)

2807221108_dbdf678abd_o.jpg by j-fi 2008 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Stalking Fossa Added this to my tropical forest background.

365071048_c59971d886_o.jpg by csyork65 2007 (CC BY 2.0) Fossa Cincinnati Zoo Close-up, great face I added jungle background to this one

Wet Forest Plants and Scenery

Vanilla flower: 5398808200_a4663cabd5_b.jpg by urzaphotos 2010 (CC BY-2.0) via Flickr.com Vanilla planifolia var. madagascariensis in Anja Preserve.

Vanilla Triptych: My photo plus Unripe vanilla pods 3249224519_f414ba02e5_o.jpg by David Darricau 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) and 2322491879_505f46abd5_o.jpg by mr.smashy 2008 (CC BY-NC 2.0), both via Flickr.com.

First view of wet forest: 4027532178_b76d09f075_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0), via Flickr.com. Lowland rainforest with lianas, Masoala.

Rainforest Tell Me More: Lowland_rainforest,_Masoala_National_Park,_Madagascar.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Easier to Hear: 942200490_f7b6846108_o.jpg by dmitri_66 2007 (CC BY-NC 2.0), via Flickr.com. Liana 2 Perinet.

Getting Late: 4027553642_799c82899f_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0), via Flickr.com. Marojejy, Madagascar.

Wet Forest Adventure Video Credits

Video for the three following ARKive.org movies was produced by:

  • BBC Natural History Unit c/o BBC Motion Gallery
  • The Garden house, Media Centre
  • 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TQ U.K.
  • Tel: +44 (0) 20 8433 2861 / 2
  • Fax: +44 (0) 20 8433 2939
  • motiongallery.uk@bbc.co.uk
  • http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com

and Audio by

  • BBC Natural History Unit Broadcasting House
  • Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 2LR
  • United Kingdom
  • Tel: +44 (0) 117 974 2415
  • Fax: +44 (0) 117 923 8879
  • IABristolEnquiries@bbc.co.uk

Black-and-white Ruffed Lemurs Playing from ARKive.org.

Fossa Feeding from ARKive.org.

Indri Overview from ARKive.org.

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Night Walk Adventure Photo Credits

Flashlight 3d model by Alan Wake downloaded from TF3DM. http://tf3dm.com/3d-model/flashlight-65254.html

LEMURS

Hubbard's Sportive Lemur

Look close: 6891627451_8a0c9079ae_o.jpg by Werner Witte 2011 Hubbard´s Sportive Lemur (Lepilemur hubbardi) (CC BY-NC 2.0), via Flickr.com.

Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur

4337920875_b068a50115_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY-2.0) via Flickr.com. Kirindy, Madagascar.

Brown Mouse Lemur

Brown_Mouse_Lemur,_Nosy_Mangabe,_Madagascar_2.jpg by Frank Vassen (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons photographed this lemur during a guided night walk in Kirindy.

Aye-Aye

Aye-aye_(Daubentonia_madagascariensis)_4.jpg by Tom Junek 2003 (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons Used this but added eyes and open mouth.

Gnawed_limb,_Daubentonia_madagascariensis.jpg by Dr. Mirko Junge 2010 (CC BY-SA-3.0), via Wikimedia Commons Part of the collage of the limb on the forest floor. Forest floor photo by Ann Brundige.

Aye-Aye Tell Me More Triptych

Left panel: Gnawed_limb,_Daubentonia_madagascariensis.jpg by Dr. Mirko Junge 2010 (CC BY-SA-3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Middle panel: AyeAye_Daubentonia_madagascariensis_in_Copenhagen_(Left_Hand).jpg by Dr. Mirko Junge 2009 (CC BY-SA 2.0 ), via Wikimedia Commons Left hand showing slender finger.

Right panel :Aye-aye_(Daubentonia_madagascariensis)_1.jpg Tom Junek 2003 (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Aye-aye full-length on flower.

OTHER ANIMALS

Tufted-tailed Rat

4023100110_5ffb3ae38f_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0), via Flickr.com. Endemic Tufted-tail Rat (Eliurus sp.), Marojejy National Park, Madagascar

Lowland Streaked Tenrec

4022308435_a70f54a94b_o.jpg Lowland Streaked Tenrec, Masoala National Park, Madagascar by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.com.

Lowland_Streaked_Tenrec,_Masoala_National_Park,_Madagascar_2.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Malagasy Striped Civet

3442061762_b9e6448596_t.jpg by Leonora Enking (user wallygrom) 2008 (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Flickr.com.

Look Closer civet 4965445556_896cd5c7a5_o.jpg by Doganowscy 2007 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 ), via Flickr.com. _MG_9201.

Short-Horned Chameleon

2806417779_e00497d407_o.jpg by j-fi 2008 (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Long-horned chameleon [Labeled as long-horned, but that's wrong. It's Calumma brevicorne, short-horned. Source: Madagascar Wildlife, and on Arkive, where there is a video.]

Mossy Leaf-Tailed Gecko

4023051528_01955f9323_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko, Andasibe, Madagascar (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.com Squatting flat along edge of trunk.

4022294913_c179a08100_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.com. Full length across trunk.

Giant Leaf-Tailed Gecko   Note: The scientific name is Uroplatus giganteus, but it was only recently (2006) considered as a separate species from Uroplatus fimbriatus. You may see the same animal labeled Uroplatus fimbriatus.

Full-length view 3899499603_665e306720_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.com. Giant Leaf-tailed Gecko, Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar (entire body).

Mouth open 3897171513_bc59021238_o.jpg Giant Leaf-tailed Gecko, Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar (mouth closed) by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.com.

Gephyromantis redimitus frog

3900282152_278769f200_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.com Gephyromantis remiditus (sic) frog, Marojejy, Madagascar.

Tomato Frog Look Close

4027518276_00dc9bbd96_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.com. Tomato Frog (Dyscophus antongilli), Maroantsetra, Madagascar.

Tree Boa

4315974128_1d543056b1_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.com Madagascar Tree Boa, Kirindy Forest, Madagascar. This juvenile Madagascar Tree Boa (Sanzinia madagascariensis) was photographed during a guided night walk in Kirindy Forest.

Net-throwing Spider

Distant spider: My photo of the tomato frog combined with the spider from 4325979740_53c533e9f0_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.com. Net-throwing Spider, Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar.

Close-up spider 4022348831_b670593b80_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr.com. Net-throwing Spider, Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar.

Scenery

Most scenery is very dark deep forest. I used cropped areas of several photos darkened in PhotoShop.These are high resolution, so I was able to get several cropped views from each.

4027524958_5bf94f7496_o.jpg by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0). via Flickr.com. Lowland rainforest. Used in Night Walk Adventure as main source of greenery via cropped views from it.

Masoala_Halle_Zoo_Zurich_2010-12-21_13-47-18.JPG by Roland Fischer zh 2010 (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Dawn In The Forest

4026758529_11874f2eee_o.jpg Rainforest remnant on Ile Sainte Marie, Madagascar by Frank Vassen 2008 (CC BY 2.0), via Flickr.com.

Night Walk Adventure Video Credits

Streaked tenrec movie: Madagascar Biodiversity Project The dancing Tenrec of Vatovavy, Madagascar, video by Sophie Malone.AVI as seen on YouTube. Special thanks to Dr. Edward Louis for tracking down and sending me a copy of this video.

Video and Audio for the following ARKive.org movies was produced by:

  • BBC Natural History Unit c/o BBC Motion Gallery
  • The Garden house, Media Centre
  • 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TQ U.K.
  • Tel: +44 (0) 20 8433 2861 / 2
  • Fax: +44 (0) 20 8433 2939
  • motiongallery.uk@bbc.co.uk
  • http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com

Note: Any additional credits for specific movies are noted along with the movie title.

Aye-aye Extracting Grub Movie from ARKive.org. Audio credit:

  • BBC Natural History Unit Broadcasting House
  • Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 2LR
  • United Kingdom
  • Tel: +44 (0) 117 974 2415
  • Fax: +44 (0) 117 923 8879
  • IABristolEnquiries@bbc.co.uk

Malagasy Striped Civet - Overview Downloaded from ARKive.com. Video by: Arthur D. Chapman http://www.flickr.com/arthur_chapman Additional credit and thanks to Arthur D. Chapman for permission to download and use the civet video.

Rufous Mouse Lemur - Overview Movie from arkive.org. Video by:

  • Gian Luigi Concone
  • gianluigi.concone@gmail.com
  • http://www.youtube.com/user/streifly

Short-Horned Chameleon - Overview Movie from ARKive.org.

Western Fat-tailed Dwarf Lemur - Overview Movie from ARKive.org. Additional Audio credit:

  • Granada Wild c/o ITN Source
  • 200 Gray's Inn Road, London, 1X 8XZ
  • United Kingdom
  • Tel: +44 (0) 20 7430 4480. Fax: +44 (0) 20 7430 4453.
  • uksales@itnsource.com http://www.itnsource.com

Madagascar tree boa moving along branches Movie from ARKive.org. Additional Video credit:

  • Granada Wild c/o ITN Source
  • 200 Gray's Inn Road, London, 1X 8XZ
  • United Kingdom
  • Tel: +44 (0) 20 7430 4480. Fax: +44 (0) 20 7430 4453.
  • uksales@itnsource.com http://www.itnsource.com

Additional Audio credit:

  • BBC Natural History Unit Broadcasting House
  • Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 2LR
  • United Kingdom
  • Tel: +44 (0) 117 974 2415
  • Fax: +44 (0) 117 923 8879
  • IABristolEnquiries@bbc.co.uk

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Madagascar Adventure Sound Credits

Ship To Shore Transitions

Walking Off Ship sound remixed from 52405__dobroide__20080421-docks.flac, 49295__domingus__barco-muelle-oman.wav, and 36390__epolk__dock-ramp.wav. All three original sounds from freesound.org.

Gangplank sound remixed from 52405__dobroide__20080421-docks.flac, 49295__domingus__barco-muelle-oman.wav, and 106085__noisecollector__bangingpier.mp3. All three original sounds from freesound.org.

Getting Into The Boat sound remixed from snippets of CORMORNT.mp3, WaveCrash.mp3, andSKUA.mp3, all from beachware.com.

NightWalkShipToDock sound remixed from parts of rainforest.mp3 by skipjack2001 and Footsteps on Wet Pavement_1-2.aif by SteveMannella, both from freesound.org.

Dry Forest Sounds

Brown lemur sounds in dry forest snippet from lemur2.wav from partnersinrhyme.com.

Ring-tailed lemur in dry forest Lemur_catta--cackle4.ogg By Chris Mercer (CC-BY-SA-3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Spiny Forest Sounds

Sifaka dance soundtrack part of AFRICAN3.mp3 from beachware.com.

Crested drongo sound remixed from 27948__genghis_attenborough__Greater_Racket_tailed_Drongo.wav from freesound.org.

Island Encounter Sounds

Sea Urchin movie soundtrack remixed from SEA01.mp3 from beachware.com plus 49295__domingus__barco-muelle-oman.wav from freesound.org.

Lowering Zodiac Portion of Winch.wav by Gremsongs (CC BY NC 3.0) from freesound.org.

Zodiac Boat Movie soundtrack remixed from SEA01.mp3 + PROPHUM.mp3 from beachware.com.

223RTTRO1011090657MANV2.mp3 Red-tailed Tropic Bird (Phaethon rubricauda) call. Recorded by Charles Hesse on Nosy Ve, Madagascar 9-11-10. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5) Accessible at http://www.xeno-canto.org.

226RTTRO1011090724MANV2.mp3 Juvenile Red-tailed Tropic Bird (Phaethon rubricauda) call. Recorded by Charles Hesse on Nosy Ve, Madagascar 9-11-10. (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5) Accessible at http://www.xeno-canto.org.

Wet Forest Sounds

General chitter: Indoor rainforest.wav by soundbytez from freesound.org.

Rustling noise was part of 118441__localtalkradio__rustling.mp3 by LocalTalkRadio from fresound.org. by LocalTalkRadio from fresound.org.

Madagascar Paradise Flycatcher Two excerpts from: Terpsiphone+mutata_PCRMG08.07_MG_R09.0087_19.4-54.9_1_C May 2008 by Pamela C. Rasmussen (CC-BY-NC-SA), via http://www.avocet.zoology.msu.edu Ankarafantsika National Park, Madagascar

Gentle Gray lemur sounds: lemur4clucks.au from partnersinrhyme.com (Public domain) mixed with CRUNCH from beachware.com (non-commercial use) and 79241__RoofDog__Apple_Bite_Signature.wav from freesound.org (CC BY 3.0).

Collared lemur movie track from www.partnersinrhyme.com Public domain sounds lemur[1].au.

Black and White Ruffed Lemur sound re-mixed from 99225__soundbytez__black_and_white_ruffed_lemur01.wav.

Fossa sounds from fossapedia.zaxtor.net. Not for commercial use.

Indri sounds excerpted from Roep_Indri_Indri.ogg Vussiewussie at nl.wikipedia (CC-BY-SA-2.5), via Wikimedia Commons.

Soundtrack for Gentle Gray Bamboo Lemur movie (video by Ann Brundige) wind-in-the-bamboos.wav by ebanse (CC BY-NC 3.0) Forest Ambience.wav by CHRISFOPFILMS (CC 0) mixed with Daytime ambience from Parc Mosoala Madagascar plus snippets from Eating chips, munching, smacking, bag rustle.wav by Dominik_W (CC 0) added at points where lemur takes a bite, all three via freefreesound.org.

Night Walk Sounds

Tenrec stridulation adapted from 17408__scuola-pereto__andrea-tommasini.wav (CC BY 3.0) via freesound.org.

Tiny frog (Gephyromantis redimitus) croak is my voice plus 9099__WIM__bangkok_frog.wav via freesound.org.

Tomato frog croak adapted from 9099__WIM__bangkok_frog.wav via freesound.org.

Tree boa slither is 46631__123jorre456__sliding-paper-on-table.wav plus 204030__duckduckpony__foliage-rustling-001.wav, both via freesound.org.

Dwarf lemur, tufted-tail rat, and mouse lemur rustle and crunch sounds: parts of 118441__localtalkradio__rustling.mp3 plus 144171__lolamadeus__crunching2.wav, both via freesound.org.

Aye-aye sound adapted from 204605__pikachu09__finger-tap.wav (CC 0) plus 79241__RoofDog__Apple_Bite_Signature.wav (CC BY 3.0), both via freesound.org and CRUNCH.mp3 (non-commercial) from beachware.com.

Giant Leaf-tailed gecko sound adapted from my recorded voice, in imitation of the lizard distress calls in HANDLING AN AGRESSIVE TOKAY GECKO by Wendle via YouTube.

Glossary Sounds

Because of the length of these credits, they are listed on a separate page you can open by clicking here.