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fifth upper labial below the centre of the eye and entering the orbit. 30 to 34 scales 
round the middle of the body. Body short, the distance between axilla and groin once 
and one third to once and a half the distance between end of snout and fore limb. 
Limbs short, not meeting when adpressed, with five short digits; the fore limb, 
stretched forwards, reaches the ear or a little beyond. Tail a little longer than head 
and body, thick at the base and tapering gradually. Reddish brown above, with darker 
mottlings or interrupted longitudinal streaks; sides whitish, with crowded black spots 
forming a band, sharply defined above, from the snout to the base of the tail; limbs 
dark brown, with light spots ; lower parts white, the lower lip, and sometimes the chin, 
spotted with blackish. ‘ 
The largest specimen, with injured tail, measures 72 millim. from snout to vent. 
The following measurements are those of a smaller example, with intact tail :— 
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Several specimens of this very distinct new species were obtained on Mahé (Chateau 
Margot, 1400 f., and Mare aux Cochons, 2000 f.) and on Praslin by Mr. Stanley 
Gardiner. A specimen of the same species had been obtained in February 1906 on 
Mahé, at an altitude of 2000 feet, by Mr. Meade-Waldo, when accompanying the Karl 
of Crawford on the R.Y. ‘ Valhalla.’ 
19. Sepsina valhalle, sp. un. (Plate 40. fig. 6.) 
Snout obtuse, scarcely projecting beyond the labial margin; eye moderate; lower 
eyelid scaly ; ear-opening much smaller than the eye-opening ; frontal twice as long as 
the frontonasal, slightly longer than broad, angularly emarginate on each side by the 
first supraocular and posteriorly by the interparictal; five supraoculars; ‘six supra- 
ciliaries; interparietal longer than broad, half as long as the frontal; fourth upper 
labial entering the orbit. 28 scales round the middle of the body, equal. Limbs short, 
pentadactyle; the fore limb, stretched forwards, reaches the ear or not quite so far. 
Tail long and thick. Brown above; neck with dark cross-bars, which break up and 
gradually pass into small spots on the anterior part of the body, and into longitudinal 
streaks on the posterior part of the body and on the tail; lower parts white. 
Tail length (tail reproduced) . . . . . 185 millim. 
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