COMORO ISLANDS


Catalog # Denom.      Date      Turtle      Description      Comment

2500fc 2011 Three Species S/S w/ one stamp depicting two Trachemys scripta elegans. Sheet border depicts additional Trachemys scripta plus one Platysternon megacephalum and one turtle identified as Pelomedusa subrufra but which is actually a Malaclemys terrapin. Top margin of sheet inscribed "Les Tortues".

500fc 2011 Five Species Sheet of five stamps, each w/ a different species of chelonian. Species are Graptemys nigrinoda, Geochelone sulcata, Macrochelys temminckii, Pelochelys cantorii and Eretmochelys imbricata. Upper margin of sheet inscribed "Les Tortues" and "Faune, Flore, Mineraux, 2011".

500fc 2011 Graptemys nigrinoda Semi-dorsal view of one individual in foreground, lateral views of two individuals in background. From sheet of five.

500fc 2011 Geochelone sulcata One individual facing right in foreground plus two individuals mating in background. From sheet of five.

500fc 2011 Macrochelys temminckii One individual facing viewer in foreground w/ mouth wide open. Dorsal view of another individual in background. From sheet of five.

500fc 2011 Pelochelys cantorii One individual facing viewer in foreground. Semi-dorsal views of four small individuals in background. From sheet of five.

500fc 2011 Eretmochelys imbricata One individual swimming left in foreground w/ front flippers in raised position. Dorsal view of another individual in background, swimming down and to right. From sheet of five.

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