Stamp: Turtle (Libya 1996)
Turtle (Libya 1996)
20 December (Libya ) within release Reptiles goes into circulation Stamp Turtle face value 100 Libyan dirham
| Stamp Turtle in catalogues | |
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| Michel: | Mi: LY 2409 |
Stamp is square format.
Also in the issue Reptiles:
- Mini Sheet - Reptiles face value 16*100;
- Stamp - Cobra face value 100;
- Stamp - Turtle face value 100;
- Stamp - Lizard face value 100;
- Stamp - Snake face value 100;
- Stamp - Lizard face value 100;
- Stamp - Chameleon face value 100;
- Stamp - Snake face value 100;
- Stamp - Turtle face value 100;
- Stamp - Turtle face value 100;
- Stamp - Python face value 100;
- Stamp - Cobra face value 100;
- Stamp - Cobra face value 100;
- Stamp - Turtle face value 100;
- Stamp - Mamba face value 100;
- Stamp - Python face value 100;
- Stamp - Lizard face value 100;
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| Stamp Turtle in digits | |
| Country: | Libya |
| Date: | 1996-12-20 |
| Print: | Offset lithography |
| Perforation: | comb 14 |
| Emission: | Commemorative |
| Format: | Stamp |
| Face Value: | 100 Libyan dirham |
Stamp Turtle 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.
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.
