David Pattyn / White fronted brown lemur (Lemur fulvus albifrons) male in tree, Nosy Mangabe, Masoala national park, Madagascar.

David Pattyn / White fronted brown lemur (Eulemur albifrons) male in tree, Nosy Mangabe, Masoala National Park, Madagascar.

David Pattyn / Sailing boat in front of Nosy Mangabe island covered in rainforest, Nosy Magabe, Masoala National Park, North eastern Madagascar. August.

Suzi Eszterhas / Pygmy stump-tailed chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) on human finger, Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar.

Suzi Eszterhas / Pygmy stump-tailed chameleon (Brookesia peyrierasi) on leaf, Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar.

Suzi Eszterhas / Green-backed mantella frog (Mantella laevigata) Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar.

Sean Crane / Common Flat-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) in defensive posture, Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar

Mark Carwardine / Stephen Fry and Mark Carwardine in Nosy Mangabe, north-east Madagascar, while filming for BBC TV series 'Last Chance to See', October 2008

Mark Carwardine / Rot-hole tree frog {Platypelis grandis} camouflaged in tree hole, Nosy Mangabe, north-eastern Madagascar

Mark Carwardine / Pygmy / Dwarf chameleon {Brookesia peyrierasi} on man's finger, Nosy Mangabe, north-eastern Madagascar

Mark Carwardine / Leaf tailed gecko {Uroplatus fimbriatus} camouflaged on branch at night, Nosy Mangabe, north-eastern Madagascar

Mark Carwardine / Rot-hole tree frog {Platypelis grandis} camouflaged in tree hole, Nosy Mangabe, north-eastern Madagascar

Mark Carwardine / Panther chameleon {Furcifer pardalis} Nosy Mangabe, north-east Madagascar

Mark Carwardine / Leaf tailed gecko {Uroplatus fimbriatus} camouflaged on branch at night, Nosy Mangabe, north-eastern Madagascar

Mark Carwardine / Pygmy / Dwarf chameleon {Brookesia peyrierasi} on man's finger, Nosy Mangabe, north-eastern Madagascar

Pete Oxford / White fronted brown lemur (Lemur fulvus albifrons) pair, Nosy Mangabe Island Reserve, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / White fronted brown lemur (Lemur fulvus albifrons) male balanced between tree trunk and branch, Nosy Mangabe Island Reserve, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / White fronted brown lemur (Lemur fulvus albifrons) male, Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar

Jouan & Rius / Madagascar pygmy kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis) in tropical rainforest, Nosy Mangabe NP, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Close-up study of Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) camouflaged, resting on a tree trunk. Nosy Mangabe, NE Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Beach and fringing rainforest. Nosy Mangabe, NE Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) camouflaged, resting on a tree trunk during the day. Nosy Mangabe, NE Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) camouflaged, resting on a tree trunk. Nosy Mangabe, NE Madagascar.

Jouan & Rius / Mantidactylus frog in tropical rainforest, Nosy Mangabe NP, Madagascar

Jouan & Rius / Mantella frog (Mantella laevigata) pair mating, tropical rainforest, Nosy Mangabe NP, Madagascar

Jouan & Rius / Tropical rainforest, Nosy Mangabe NP, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Leaf tailed gecko {Uroplatus fimbriatus} Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar

Claudio Velasquez / Leaf tailed gecko in defense posture (Uroplatus fimbriatus) Nosy Mangabe NR, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Lowland tropical rainforest borders the coast, Nosy Mangabe NP, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Leaf tailed gecko with open mouth {Uroplatus fimbriatus} Nosy Mangabe reserve, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Lowland tropical rainforest borders the coast, Nosy Mangabe NP, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Leaf tailed gecko {Uroplatus fimbriatus} defensive behaviour, Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / White fronted brown lemur female {Lemur fulvus albifrons} Nosy Mangabe Is, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Portrait of Leaf tailed gecko {Uroplatus fimbriatus}, Nosy Mangabe Reserve, North East Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Wave breaking on sea shore, Nosy Mangabe, NE Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Leaf tailed gecko, threat display {Uroplatus fimbriatus} Madagascar, Nosy Mangabe

Nick Garbutt / Leaf tailed gecko in daytime sleep posture on tree in forest, Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Leaf tailed gecko on tree {Uroplatus fimbriatus} Nosy mangabe, Madagascar

Mark Moffett / Common Flat-tail Gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) clinging to branch, Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Net casting spider {Dinopsis sp} female with net, Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar. This species weaves silk nets, which it drops on top of its prey to ensnare it.

Nick Garbutt / Bracket fungus, Nosy Mangabe Reserve, North East Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) on banana palm. Nosy Mangabe reserve, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis). Nosy Mangabe reserve, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Large Madagascar hedgehog (Setifer setosus). Nosy Mangabe reserve, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Vine growing up moss-covered rainforest tree. Nosy Mangabe Reserve, northeast Madagascar.

Nick Garbutt / Root system of tropical rainforest tree. Nosy Mangabe Reserve, northeast Madagascar.

Suzi Eszterhas / Climbing Mantella (Mantella laevigata), Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar

Patricio Robles Gil / Russell Mittermeier president of Conservation International in Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar

Patricio Robles Gil / Climbing Mantella (Mantella laevigata) a poison dart frog, Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Leaf tailed gecko {Uroplatus fimbriatus} sleeping on tree trunk. Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Fringed leaf tailed gecko {Uroplatus fimbriatus} Nosy Mangabe Reserve, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Black and white ruffed lemur {Varecia variegata variegata} Nosy Mangabe NP Madagascar

Pete Oxford / Madagascar boa {Sanzinia madagascariensis} Nosy Mangabe, Madagascar

Nick Garbutt / Black and white ruffed lemur {Varecia variegata variegata} Nosy Mangabe NP Madagascar