In about six weeks, the eggs hatch and the salamanders exist as free-living larvae, feeding on tiny pond animals. Larvae usually metamorphose into adults by the end of summer or before the pond dries ...

After the eggs are fertilized internally, a female can lay up to 1,300, which she deposits individually or in small batches. Adults move back to their terrestrial burrows after breeding. LIFE CYCLE: ...

Tiny jumping wood frogs blended in with the ... making them ideal nurseries for tadpoles and salamander larvae. As we walked, Heady pointed out a wide range of other spring-breeding amphibians ...

Traffic on a busy roadway in Canada has halted for several weeks — not due to construction or road repairs, but to protect a tiny, slithery creature: the Jefferson salamander. The city of ...

DESCRIPTION: Both species are moderately sized salamanders that are black to chocolate ... Females lay their eggs at or near the edge of the water in small depressions, beneath leaf litter, logs or ...