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as NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE 1978
A simple childlike representation of a sea turtle to promote their conservation. 1983
A pair of every attractive stamps featuring the only snakes that come onto land on mainland New Caledonia, the Blue-ringed sea krait (Laticauda laticaudata) and an endemic sea krait, formerly treated as a popualtion of the wide-spread Colubrine sea krait (L.colubrina) which was described as a new species (L.saintgironsi) as recently as 2006. Both these species were encountered during filming of Devil in the Trees (OBA Ser.2). Cogger, H.G., & H.F. Heatwole 2006 Laticauda frontalis (de Vis, 1905) and Laticauda saintgironsi n.sp. from Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Serpentes: Elapidae: Laticaudinae)—a new lineage of sea kraits? Records of the Australian Museum 58(2): 245–256.
1986
A pair of nice stamps illustrating two of the many endemic geckos on New Caledonia, the tiny Saugave's bavayia (Bavayia sauvagii) and Leach's giant gecko (Rhacodactyluis leachianus) the largest living gecko in the world. The latter was the main quest species for Devil in the Trees (OBA Ser.2).
as NOUVELLE-CALÉDONIE 1993
A stylised sea turtle venturing onto a beach to promote conservation of the lagoon.
1996 (SG 1055)
A single stamp illustrating the small, extinct terrestrial Australasian crocodile Mekosuchus inexpectatus, which inhabited New Caledonia from the Holocene until 4,000 years ago when man arrived on the islands. Three other species are known from Vanuatu and Australia.
1997 (SG 1086)
A single stamp illustrating Meiolania (etm. small roamer), an extinct genus of horned tortoise from the Cryptodira (straight-necked turtles) that existed from the Oligocene to the Holocene in Australia but survived on New Caledonia until 2,000 years ago. At 2.5m carapace length, this is the second largest non-marine testudine known. There are three species described from fossil remains with M.mackayi recorded from New Caledonia.
ALPHONSE DAUDET : LE PETIT CHOSE
A stamp commemorating French author Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) and his Roman autobiography Le Petit Chose. There is a geck on the wall behind the boy.
2001 ANNEE DU SERPENT
A 100F stamp and a 140F minisheet commemorating 2001, the Chinese Year of the Snake, on which the three snakes can be fairly easily identified as a New Caledonian sea krait (Laticauda saintgironsi), Blue-ringed sea krait (Laticauda laticaudata) and a cobra (Naja sp.), but only thesea kraits are resident in New Caledonia.
MAISON SOUS-MARINE
A stamp promoting the underwater viewing submersibles of Jacques Rougerie with what appears to be a Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) swimming into the bottom right corner.
2002 AQUARIUM DE NOUMÉA
An imaginative Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) shaped minisheet featuring the three sea turtles found on New Caledonian shores, with the Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) which may also occur in its waters and is included in the herpetofauna due to accidental strandings. There is one unfortunate typo, the missing of the final 'a' from Eretmochelys imbricata.
2003 PROGRAMME FORÊT SÈCHE
An attractive minisheet illustrating four forest-dwelling geckos from New Caledonia highlighted as part of the programme to conserve the country's diverse but threatened dry forests. The border of the minisheet is illustrated with stylised geckos and a panel of Eurydactylodes skin. 2006
A stylised sea turtle in the waves to symbolise conservation of land and sea. 2014
One stamp featuring the New Caledonian sea krait (Laticauda saintgironsi).
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