The tiny British colony of Seychelles lies in the midst of the Indian Ocean 900 miles east of Africa. The Islands are unique in being the only oceanic islands composed of continental rocks. They are fragments of a lost continent, a fact reflected in their possession of a whole group of archaic legless amphibians which have only survived as rare relics in the outside world. But besides these obscure creatures which are only of interest to the specialist, there are several other endemic species both of animals and plants, that have happily survived till the present time.