Capital: Bissau
Population: 1,647,000
Languages: Portuguese
Currency: West African CFA Franc |
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SNAKES
(SG 552-363)
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20c
Naja nigricollis |
35c
Python sebae |
70c
Dispholidus typus |
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80c
Dendroaspis viridis |
1$ 50
Grayia smithi |
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2$
Causus rhombeatus |
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2$ 50
Philothamnus irregularis |
3$ 50
Boaedon lineatus |
4$
Lycophidium semicinctum |
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5$
Bitis lachesis |
15$
Psammophis elegans |
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20$
Dasypeltis scaber |
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Name on stamp |
Current name |
Accepted common name |
20c
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Naja nigricollis |
Naja nigricollis |
Black-necked spitting cobra |
35c
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Python sebae |
Python sebae |
Central African rock python |
70c
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Dispholidus typus |
Dispholidus typus |
Boomslang |
80c |
Dendroaspis viridis |
Dendroaspis viridis |
West African green mamba |
1.5$
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Grayia smithi |
Grayia smithi |
Smith's watersnake |
2$
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Causus rhombeatus |
Causus rhombeatus |
Rhombic night adder |
2.5$
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Philothamnus irregularis |
Philothamnus irregularis |
Northern green bushsnake |
3.5$
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Boaedon lineatus |
Lamprophis lineatus |
Striped housesnake |
4$
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Lycophidium semicinctum |
Lycophidium semicinctum |
Half-banded wolfsnake |
5$ |
Bitis lachesis |
Bitis arietans |
Puff adder |
15$ |
Psammophis elegans |
Psammophis elegans |
Elegant sandsnake |
20$ |
Dasypeltis scaber |
Dasypeltis scabra |
Common egg-eating snake |
This is without doubt, one of my favourite stamp sets. The artwork is primitive, completely incomprehsible and unidentifiable on some stamps, and the scientific names are in a few places way off the mark - the Puff adder has been Bitis arietans for ever, only occasion authors used Bitis lachesis up to 1955, but this does not deflect from the beauty of this set of twelve stamps. They were also issued as a stamp pack which is also extremely collectable.
View the stamp pack for these stamps
REPTILES
(SG 1258-1262)
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1500pg Surucucu Africaine
Bitis sp. |
3000pg Crocodilo anão
Osteolaemus tetraspis |
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4000pg Varano de Nilo
Varanus niloticus |
5000pg Agama comun
Agama agama |
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Name on stamp |
Current name |
Accepted common name |
1500pg
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Bitis sp. |
Bitis gabonica |
East African gaboon viper |
3000pg
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Osteolaemus tetraspis |
Osteolaemus sp. |
West African dwarf crocodile |
4000pg
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Varanus niloticus |
Varanus niloticus |
Nile monitor lizard |
5000pg |
Agama agama |
Agama agama |
Common agama |
An attractive stamp set but with a flaw, the gaboon viper illustrated is clearly the East African gaboon viper (Bitis gabonica) rather than the species present in West African, the West African gaboon viper (Bitis rhinoceros) and even when these stamps were issued the two were treated as distinct subspecies with easily identifiable differences. The West African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus sp.) cannot be named specificially as the species has been split into three distinct species and the West African species is currently without a name.
SNAKES
(SG 1281-1285)
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5000pg
Philothamnus sp. |
5000pg
Dasypeltis scabra |
5000pg
Python sebae |
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15000pg
Thelotornis Kirtlandii |
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Name on stamp |
Current name |
Accepted common name |
5000pg
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Philothamnus sp. |
Philothamnus irregularis |
East African gaboon viper |
5000pg
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Dasypeltis scabra |
Dasypeltis scabra |
Common egg-eating snake |
5000pg
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Python sebae |
Python sebae |
Central African rock python |
5000pg |
Naja melanoleuca |
Naja melanoleuca |
Forest cobra |
| Minisheet |
15000pg |
Thelotornis Kirtlandii |
Thelotornis kirtlandii |
Forest twigsnake |
Four attractive snake stamps and an accompanying minisheet showing a Forest twigsnake (Thelotornis kirtlandii) harassing a sun-bird, yet birds have never been authentically recorded in the diet of this species, despite the occasional alternative name of 'bird snake'. The other tree stamps are interesting studies of the species portrayed.
REPTILES
(SG n/a)
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150 cfa Tartaruga de agua doce
Pelusios niger |
350 cfa Jiboia
Python sebae |
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500 cfa Varano
Varanus niloticus |
750 cfa Crocodilil do Nilo
Crocodylus niloticus |
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750 cfa Crocodilil do Nilo
Crocodylus niloticus
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Name on stamp |
Current name |
Accepted common name |
150cfa
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Pelusios niger |
Pelusios niger |
West African black forest turtle |
350cfa
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Python sebae |
Python sebae |
Central African rock python |
500cfa
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Varanus niloticus |
Varanus niloticus |
Nile monitor lizard |
750cfa |
Crocodylus niloticus |
Crocodylus niloticus |
Nile crocodile |
| Minisheet |
750cfa |
Crocodylus niloticus |
Crocodylus niloticus |
Nile crocodile |
One snake, on lizard, one turtle and one crocodile. Set that sums up the Reptilia, although the portuguese names do not help much since 'jiboia' means Boa constrictor, a boa, not a python.
FROGS
(SG n/a)
A series of six frog stamps, although seemingly not Guinea-Bissau species.
FROGS
(SG n/a)
A marching series of six turtle stamps, again not Guinea-Bissau species, and this time over-printed with the Boy Scouts fleiur-de-lis.
FAUNA
(SG n/a)
Four crocodile stamps also issued as a minisheet.
BICENTENARY OF THE BIRTH OF CHARLES DARWIN
(SG n/a)
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1000 cfa
Geochelone nigra |
1000 cfa
Amblyrhynchus cristatus |
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Name on stamp |
Current name |
Accepted common name |
1000cfa
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Geochelone nigra |
Chelonoides nigra |
Galapagos giant tortoise |
1000cfa
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Amblyrhynchus cristatus |
Amblyrhynchus cristatus |
Marine iguana |
A Darwin minisheet with two Galapagos reptiles represented.
Associated links on this site:
Guinea-Bissau herps on non-herps stamps
Guinea-Bissau stamp packs
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