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attached to each other, as well as very careful of their 

 eggs and young. In the spring the males often fight. 



One variety is of a yellowish grey colour, spotted 

 throughout with reddish-brown spots, most of them 

 small. 



Another is of a very light yellowish grey ground, 

 with some small spots and short streaks of brown, 

 mostly at the larger end. 



A third is dark grey, slightly tinged with yellow, 

 spotted irregularly with larger and smaller black spots. 



A fourth is of a grey ground-colour, with numerous 

 small blackish spots all over. 



A fifth is of a whitish-grey ground, with some 

 larger and more distinct spots of black. 



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