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289:). It has a small head and thick neck and grows to a length of about 48 cm (19 in), more than half of which is tail. There are three different colour variants; Some animals are plain silvery-grey; some have four to six narrow lengthwise lines running along the body; some have these lines but additionally a pale longitudinal, lateral band.
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