User:HunterAndersen/Cape Sainte Marie

Ecology
In 1962 the Cap Sainte Marie Special Reserve was created to protect the ecosystem on the southern tip of Madagascar. It was designed to help the local fauna and flora and help preserve its special turtle population. There are both land dwelling and marine turtles that live in the area protected by the reserve, but there are two endemic species of terrestrial turtles that stand out. These are the the Radiated turtle and the Spider turtle, the Coastline at the Reserve is their last remaining wild habitat. The reserve has the largest populations of these two species of turtle and it also contains one of the most dense population of turtles in the entire world.