To metamorphose, or stay as a child: that is the question…for newts, but not frogs

The standard life cycle in urodele and anuran amphibians (newts, salamanders; frogs and toads) has adults mating in freshwater, laying eggs there, which develop into  larvae (carnivorous in urodeles; usually herbivorous in anurans) which grow until, at a certain size, they metamorphose into juveniles, losing their larval characteristics, and moving on to land; there they grow further until ready to mature into adults. Leer más.