Salamanders, like frogs and toads, are amphibians. This means they lead "double lives" spending their early existence as aquatic larvae which undergo metamorphosis, transforming into land-based ...

This collection of axolotl salamanders has become the largest ... Many amphibians begin their lives by hatching from eggs as aquatic larvae and then undergo metamorphosis, a restructuring of ...

They’re mostly aquatic, but they don’t have frilly gills like axolotls or aquatic salamander larvae. Even though they spend ...

However, when salamanders with aquatic larvae mature, they lose their gills and move onto land. Axolotls keep their larval features their whole lives (known as neoteny), causing them to stay ...

West Virginia spring salamanders have exceptionally large gray bodies with pale spots. They are one of the few cave salamanders to undergo complete metamorphosis from an aquatic larvae to a ...

FEEDING: For the first six weeks of life, juveniles eat small crustaceans, algae, and mosquito larvae. Adult salamanders prey on aquatic insects, invertebrates, and tadpoles of Pacific tree frogs, ...

2017. From embryos to larvae: seven-month-long paternal care by male Japanese giant salamander. Journal of Zoology 302: 24-31 Takahashi, MK and C. McPhee*. 2016. Facultative oviposition of eastern ...