You’re probably familiar with the basic amphibian life plan: start as a wriggly water-breathing tadpole, then transform into ...

The spotted salamander is Ohio's state amphibian. This one was discovered in a vernal pond at Indian Creek MetroPark in Reily Township. Salamanders are important indicator species. They are very ...

Virtually all our “red-spotted” newts go through an eft stage ... One experiment found that eggs raised in the same body of water as dragonfly nymphs hatched into larvae with statistically larger ...

These habitats, just dimples in the landscape, are known as vernal pools, or as a key researcher from the Massachusetts-based ...

Spring peepers, a species of treefrog, don’t lay egg clusters like these other two species but rather deposit individual eggs ... Blue-spotted and Eastern Tiger Salamanders (a New York State ...

Lizards, on the other hand, have scales on their dry skin and lay eggs with leathery shells ... museum had displays about mountain spring, pigmy, spotted and marbled salamanders, plus red-spotted ...

Start as a wriggly water-breathing tadpole, transform into an adult that breathes air. This is the pattern followed by all ...