Capital: Yamoussoukro
Population: 20,617,000
Languages: French
Currency: West African CFA Franc
IVORY COAST
(Côte d'Ivoire)

 

1980

ANIMALS
(SG 640-641)

60f Naja de Côte-D'Ivoire
150f Crapaud commun en Afrique Bufo regularis

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
60f
none
Naja haje
Egyptian cobra
150f
Bufo regularis
Amietophrynus regularis
Common African toad

 

Two smart stamps featuring the Common African toad (Amietophrynus regularis), a male calling, and a defensive but unnamed cobra, which appears to the an Egyptian cobra (Naja naja) which occurs in the arid north of Ivory Coast.

 

1989

REPTILES
(SG 994-995)
25f Varan du Nil Varanus niloticus
100f Crocodile du Nil Crocodylus niloticus

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
25f
Varanus niloticus
Varanus niloticus
Nile monitor lizard
100f
Crocodylus niloticus
Crocodylus niloticus
Nile crocodile

 

The subjects of this series appear to be reptiles living on the Nile, although the monitor lizard has distinct barring and could be an Ornate monitor lizard (Varanus ornatus) while the crocodile from West Africa have now been separated from the pan-African Nile crocodile as the West African crocodile (Crocodylus suchus). With the specific inclusion of 'du Nil' I will assume these are not intended to be Ivory Coast species.

 

1995

SNAKES
(SG 1121-1125)
10f Royal python Python regius
20f Philothamnus semivariegatus
100f Mamba vert Dendroaspis veridis
180f Vipère heurtante ou vipère hébraique
Bitis arietans
180f Vipère à corne, vipère rhinocéros
Bitis nasicornis

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
10f
Python regius
Python regius
Royal or Ball python
20f
Philothamnus semivariegatus
Philothamnus semivariegatus
Spotted bushnake
100f
Dendroaspis veridis
Dendroaspis viridis
West African green mamba
180f
Bitis arietans
Bitis arietans
Puff adder
500f
Bitis nasicornis
Bitis nasicornis
Rhinoceros viper

Okay, the photographs are not all that spectacular but this set of stamps is a fairly attractive set featuring five snakes from different habitats within Ivory Coast. The West African green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis) has a typo in its generic name and the image looks as it is begging to be turned 90degrees anticlockwise, but otherwise a fine enough set. The Puff adder (Bitis arietans) is illustrated in the process of giving birth. My favourite here is the Rhinoceros viper of River Jack (Bitis nasicornis).

 

 

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