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Capital: Alofi
Population: 1,400
Languages: English,
Niuean
Currency:
New Zealand Dollar |
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TURTLES
(SG 895-897)
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50 Green turtle
Chelonia Mydas |
$1 Hawksbill turtle
Eretmochelys Imbricata |
$3 Green turtle
Chelonia Mydas |
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Name on stamp |
Current name |
Accepted common name |
50 |
Chelonia Mydas |
Chelonia mydas |
Green sea turtle |
$1 |
Eretmochelys Imbricata |
Eretmochelys imbricata |
Hawksbill sea turtle |
$3 |
Chelonia Mydas |
Chelonia mydas |
Green sea turtle |
A snice set of three stamps fearuring two species of sea turtles, although the scientific names have been written incorrectly, with large case initial letters for mydas and imbricata.
NIUE REPTILES
(SG n/a)
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30c Mourning gecko
Lepidodactylus lugubris | $1.40 Flat-tail sea snake
Laticauda schistorhynchus
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$2.00 Snake-eyed skink
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus |
$4.00 Pacific slender-toed gecko
Nactus pelagicus |
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30c Mourning gecko
Lepidodactylus lugubris |
$1.40 Flat-tail sea snake
Laticauda schistorhynchus |
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$2.00 Snake-eyed skink
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus |
$4.00 Pacific slender-toed gecko
Nactus pelagicus |
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Name on stamp |
Current name |
Accepted common name |
30c |
Lepidodactylus lugubris |
Lepidodactylus lugubris |
Mourning gecko |
$1.40 |
Laticauda schistorhynchus |
Laticauda schistorhynchus |
Erabu sea krait |
$2.00 |
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus |
Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus |
Mottled snake-eyed skink |
$4.00 |
Nactus pelagicus |
Nactus pelagicus |
Pelagic gecko |
A pleasing set of four stampe featuring reptiles of Niue, although it is worth noting that the $1.40 stamp features a sea krait, not a seasnake, and all sea kraits and seasnakes have flattened tails.
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