Capital: Flying Fish Cove
Population: 1,402
Languages: English
Currency:
Australian Dollars
CHRISTMAS ISLAND

1981

REPTILES
(SG 144-147)

24c Cryptoblepharus egeriae
30c Emoia nativitata
40c Lepidodactylus listeri
60c Cyrtodactylus sp.nov.


 
Name on stamp
Current name
Proposed common name
24c
Cryptoblepharus egeriae
Cryptoblepharus egeriae
Blue-tailed snake-eyed skink
30c
Emoia nativitata
Emoia nativittatis
Christmas Is. whiptail skink
40c
Lepidodactylus listeri
Lepidodactylus listeri
Lister's scaly-toed gecko
60c
Cyrtodactylus sp.nov.
Cyrtodactylus sadlieri
Sadlier's bent-toed gecko

A very nice series illustrating four of the endemic and endangered lizards of Christmas Island.

1987

WILDLIFE
(SG 229-244)

1c Blind snake
 Ramphotyphlops exocoeti
2c Blue-tailed skink
Cryptoblepharus egeriae
25c Gecko
Cyrtodactylus sp.nov.
$5 Green turtle
Chelonia mydas


 
Name on stamp
Current name
Proposed common name
1c
Ramphotyphlops exocoeti
Ramphotyphlops exocoeti
Christmas Island blindsnake
2c
Cryptoblepharus egeriae
Cryptoblepharus egeriae
Blue-tailed snake-eyed skink
25c
Cyrtodactylus sp.nov.
Cyrtodactylus sadlieri
Sadlier's bent-toed gecko
$1
Chelonia mydas
Chelonia mydas
Green sea turtle

A second and more attractive series of 17 stamps, four illustrating endemic and endangered reptiles of Christmas Island including the extremely threatened Christmas Island blindsnake (Ramphotyphlops exocoeti).

 

1998


MARINE LIFE
(SG 459)

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Twenty stamps printed together as a se-tenant sheet so that their backgrounds form one composite design, with one stamp featuring a Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas).

 

Associated links on this site:
Christmas Island herps on non-herps stamps

Christmas Island first day covers