Stamp: Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) (Saint Vincent and The Grenadines 1999)
Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) (Saint Vincent and The Grenadines 1999)
12 April (Saint Vincent and The Grenadines ) within release Fauna and flora goes into circulation Stamp Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) face value 20 East Caribbean cent
| Stamp Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi: VC 4569 |
| Stamp Number: | Sn: VC 2676 |
Stamp is square format.
Also in the issue Fauna and flora:
- Stamp - Arrow Poison Frog, Bromeliad face value 70;
- Stamp - Cactus Wren, Saguaro Cactus face value 70;
- Stamp - Cecropia Tree, Howler Monkey face value 70;
- Stamp - Cecropia Tree, Toucan face value 70;
- Stamp - Collared Lizard, Barrel Cactus face value 70;
- Stamp - Cowblinder Cactus, Gilamonster face value 70;
- Stamp - Coyote, Prickly Pear Cactus face value 70;
- Mini Sheet - Fauna flora of the world face value 12*70;
- Stamp - Fer-de-Lance, Zebra Plant face value 70;
- Stamp - Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) face value 20;
- Stamp - Hedgehog Cactus, Roadrunner face value 70;
- Stamp - Jaguar, Tillandsia face value 70;
- Stamp - Lesser Bird of Paradise, Aristolochia face value 70;
- Stamp - Macaw, Kapok Trees face value 70;
- Stamp - Margay, Sierra Palm face value 70;
- Stamp - Morning Dove, Organ Pipe Cactus face value 70;
- Stamp - Ocitillo, Puma face value 70;
- Stamp - Organ Pipe Cactus, Gray Fox face value 70;
- Stamp - Paloverde Tree, Burrowing Owl face value 70;
- Stamp - Parides sp., Erythrina sp. face value 70;
- Stamp - Rattlesnake Orchid (Pholidota imbricata), Heliconius phyllis face value 70;
- Stamp - Red Tailed Hawk, Ocitillo face value 70;
- Stamp - Saguaro Cactus, Gila Woodpecker face value 70;
- Stamp - Saguaro Cactus, Jaack Rabbit face value 70;
- Stamp - Strangler Fig, Basilisk Lizard face value 70;
- Stamp - Tree Fern, Bat Eating Hawk face value 70;
Stamp Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) it reflects the thematic directions:
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia (also called Metazoa). All animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently, at some point in their lives. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their lives. All animals are heterotrophs: they must ingest other organisms or their products for sustenance.
Reptiles are tetrapod (four-limbed vertebrate) animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives. The study of these traditional reptile orders, historically combined with that of modern amphibians, is called herpetology. Because some reptiles are more closely related to birds than they are to other reptiles (e.g., crocodiles are more closely related to birds than they are to lizards), the traditional groups of "reptiles" listed above do not together constitute a monophyletic grouping (or clade). For this reason, many modern scientists prefer to consider the birds part of Reptilia as well, thereby making Reptilia a monophyletic class.
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked turtles), which differ in the way the head retracts. There are 360 living and recently extinct species of turtles, including land-dwelling tortoises and freshwater terrapins. They are found on most continents, some islands and, in the case of sea turtles, much of the ocean. Like other amniotes (reptiles, birds, and mammals) they breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater, although many species live in or around water.
