Capital: Nairobi
Population: 39,003,000
Languages: Swahili, English
Currency: Kenyan Shilling
KENYA

1977

WWF ENDANGERED SPECIES
(SG 96-97)
50c Pancake tortoise Kobe-Kuli
1s Nile crocodile Ngwena

 

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
50c
none
Malacochersus tornieri
Pancake tortoise
1s
none
Crocodylus niloticus
Nile crocodile
Minisheet
1s
none
Crocodylus niloticus
Nile crocodile

 

Two herpetological stamps, Pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri) and Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) in a set of five WWF stamps, the other featuring the Hunter's hartebeest, Red colobus monkey and Dugong, the Pancake tortoise being omitted from the accompanying minisheet. The Swahili names for the species are also included on the stamps. This stamp set was also simultanteously issued by Uganda and Tanzania.

 

1980

MARINE LIFE
(SG 186)
5s Eretmochelys imbricata

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
5s
Eretmochelys imbricata
Eretmochelys imbricata
Hawksbill sea turtle

 

One stamp in a set of four marine subjects, features a Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata).

 

1997

LOCAL TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
(SG 736)

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
10s
none
Crocodylus niloticus
Nile crocodile

 

A set of five Kenyan tourist attractions included a Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus).

 

2000

TURTLES
(SG 759-763)

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
17s
Dermochelys coriacea
Dermochelys coriacea
Leatherback sea turtle
20s
Chelonia mydas
Chelonia mydas
Green sea turtle
30s
Eretmochelys imbricata
Eretmochelys imbricata
Hawksbill sea turtle
47s
Lepidochelys olivacea
Lepidochelys olivacea
Olive Ridley sea turtle
59s
Caretta caretta
Caretta caretta
Loggerhead sea turtle

Five stamps illustrating the five sea turtles in Kenyan waters, indeed the five sea turtles of the Indian Ocean.

 

 

 

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