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breeding season, and partly goes as soon as it is over. Newts 

 develop very similarly to frogs ; but they retain their larval 

 tail, and the fore-limbs always appear before the hind-limbs. 

 The eggs are laid singly on water-plants, often surrounded by 

 the leaf. Like toads and frogs, they live upon many noxious 

 creatures. 



