Several salamander species can live in water. Aquatic salamanders are equipped with gills and live solely in the water. Others are semi-aquatic, living on both the land and in water. Most salamander species begin their lives strictly underwater, hatching from underwater eggs to a larval stage with external gills resembling a tadpole that lives strictly underwater as it matures. Through this metamorphosis, some will move to land, while other species remain in the water.
