Tiger salamanders, as their name implies, typically possess yellow stripes on a brownish ... In about six weeks, the eggs hatch and the salamanders exist as free-living larvae, feeding on tiny pond ...

This is the larva of a salamander known as Amblystoma, but is remarkable in being neotenic, i.e. it normally fails to metamorphose, and attains full size and sexual maturity while keeping its ...

DESCRIPTION: Large for a modern amphibian, the male California tiger salamander can reach up to 8.5 inches in length, the female up to seven. Adults have protruding eyes and long tails, and their ...