28 September (Azerbaijan ) within release Reptiles goes into circulation Stamp Dice Snake (Natrix tessellata) face value 500 Azerbaijani manat
Stamp Dice Snake (Natrix tessellata) in catalogues | |
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Michel: | Mi:AZ 488 |
Stamp is vertical format.
Stamp from blockAlso in the issue Reptiles:
Stamp Dice Snake (Natrix tessellata) it reflects the thematic directions:
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.