Amphibian Eggs

American Toad

Bufo americanus

Eggs: Eggs are deposited in strings near shore of aquatic environments.

TRUE
American Toad egg masses
TRUE
American Toad egg masses

Green Frog

Rana clamitans

Eggs: Green Frog eggs are laid in a large, thin floating mass containing 1,00–1,500 eggs. The mass is usually attached to emergent or floating vegetation.

TRUE
Green Frog eggs

Wood Frog

Rana sylvatica

Eggs: Wood Frog eggs are laid in a large, gelatinous structure containing 500-3,000 eggs and attached near the surface to a submerged substrate. The mass is initially clear or grayish in color, but may turn greenish from the growth of algae.

TRUE
Wood Frog eggs
TRUE
Wood Frog egg mass

Jefferson Salamander

Ambystoma jeffersonianum

Eggs: Deposited in small, elongate clusters (20-30 eggs) attached to underwater sticks and vegetation.

TRUE
Jefferson Salamander eggs
TRUE
Jefferson Salamander eggs

Blue-spotted Salamander

Ambystoma laterale

Eggs: Eggs are laid singly or in small clusters (2-12 or so), attached to sticks, vegetation, or other submerged substrate, or are deposited directly in the bottom sediments.

TRUE
Blue-spotted Salamander eggs
TRUE
Blue-spotted Salamander eggs
TRUE
Blue-spotted Salamander eggs
TRUE
Blue-spotted Salamander
TRUE
Blue-spotted Salamander eggs

Spotted Salamander

Ambystoma maculatum

Eggs: Up to 200 dark colored embryos encased in a yolk sac and all surrounded in a gelatinous "blob." A symbiotic relationship exsists between an algae and the egg mass providing food for the developing salamanders.

TRUE
Spotted Salamander eggs
TRUE
Spotted Salamander eggs
TRUE
Spotted Salamander eggs
TRUE
Spotted Salamander eggs
TRUE
Spotted Salamander eggs

Red-backed Salamander

Plethodon cinereus

TRUE
Red-backed salamander eggs