The reptiles

Reptiles have inhabited the planet for over 300 million years. They were most often represented as the embodiment of evil, of the original snake inciting Eve to bite into the forbidden fruit, passing by dragons, gigantic sea snakes and other Loch Ness monsters…
In painting, they are especially evoked through mythology or religion and they constitute today a very appreciated topic in philately.

Reptiles are terrestrial animals with variable temperature. The group of reptiles is not homogeneous from a phylogenetic point of view, crocodiles for example are closer to birds than to turtles because they have a gizzard.
Reptiles are classified today in three groups gathering more than 10 000 species:
Crocodilians (alligators, caimans, crocodiles, gavials ...);
Lepidosaurians (lizards, snakes, sphenodons) and Chelonians (tortoises, aquatic and marine).
Reptiles are present on almost the entire surface of the globe, with the exception of cold areas near the poles.

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Caimans or Caymans

Subfamily (caimaninae) of crocodilians of the alligatoridae family.


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Chameleons

Chameleonidae is a family of saurians made up of nearly 200 species of Chameleons.


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Crocodiles

Crocodiles or true crocodiles (Subfamily:crocodylinae, Family: crocodylidae.


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Capital: Mexico
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Capital: Usumbura
Currency: Franc

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Dragons

Legendary creatures of reptilian appearance.


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écosse
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CHINA 1 Sen 1939
Capital: Beijing
Currency: Yuan or Renminbi.

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Capital: Hong Kong
Currency: Hong Kong Dollar

Bixi

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Capital: Singapore
Currency: Singapore dollar

dragon

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Capital: Hanoi
Currency: Dong

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Iguanas

Species of saurians of the iguanidae family.



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ARUBA 10 Florin 2019
Capital: Oranjestad
Currency: Aruban florin

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Capital: Nassau
Currency: Bahamian dollar

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Capital: Belmopan
Currency: Belizean dollar

Brown Basilisk .

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Capital: Suva
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Capital: Colombo
Currency: Sri Lankan rupee

iguana

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Lizards

Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species.



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Capital: Avarua
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Currency: Seychellois rupee

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Capital: Columbo
Currency: Sri Lankan rupee

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Snakes

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder serpentes.


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Currency: Leu

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Currency: Sri Lankan rupee

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Turtles

Turtles are reptiles of the order testudines characterized by a special bony or cartilaginous shell.



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Currency: Euro

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Currency: US dollar

tortue

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Currency: Ariary

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Currency: Ringgit

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Currency: Córdoba oro

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Baliste clown

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