Capital: N'Djamena Population: 10,329,200 Languages: French, Arabic Currency: Central African CFA Franc CHAD

1998

REPTILES
(SG n/a)

450f Crocodylus niloticus	450f Dendroaspis angusticeps
450f Bitis nasicornis	450f Chamaeleo johnstoni
450f Naja nigricollis	450f Meroles cuneirostris

At first glance this is a very nice minisheet of reptiles, but are these reptiles Chadian species?
The Wedge-snouted desert lizard (Meroles cuneirostris) is from coastal Namibia, the East African green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps) from coastal East Africa, the Rhinoceros viper or River jack (Bitis nasicornis) occurs in West and Central Africa, while Johnston's three-horned chameleon (Triocornis johnstoni) is Central African.
Of the snakes and lizards named on the stamps, only the Black-necked spitting cobra (Naja nigricollis) enters southern Chad, but unfortunately the cobra illustrated is not that species, it is clearly a Spectacled Indian cobra (Naja naja) and does not even occur in Africa.
There were two recent crocodile populations, one extant in the Ennardi Mts in the east and an extinct population in the Tibesti Mts in the north (see map). It is likely these are Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) rather than the West African crocodile (C.suchus) of further west. So potentially two from six stamps represent Chadian species.

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Chad herps on non-herps stamps