Capital: Bujumbura
Population: 8,989,000
Languages: French, Kirundi
Currency: Burundi Franc
BURUNDI

1977


FAUNA
(SG 1187-1188,1191 & 1211-1222, 1215)

8f Crocodylus niloticus
8f Dendroaspis angusticeps

11f Naja melanoleuca

 

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
8f
Crocodylus niloticus
Crocodylus niloticus
Nile crocodile
8f
Dendroaspis angusticeps
Dendroaspis angusticeps
EastAfrican green mamba
11f
Naja melanoleuca
Naja melanoleuca
Forest cobra

 

Two very attractive series of stamps, the same designs arranged as 6x 4-stamp se-tenant strips for high and low values, with three herpetological stamps in each series. Well executed and very impressive each four stamps illustrates wildlife from a different habitat. The three herp stamps are Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), East African green mambas (Dendroaspis angusticeps) and Forest cobra (Naja melanoleuca). The only flaw is the fact that the green mamba occuring in Burundi is actually the Jameson's mamba (D.jamesoni).

 

1991


ANIMALS
(SG 1500)

One stamp from six featured a reptile, a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus).

 

 

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Burundi herps on non-herp stamps