Nature Production / Japanese firebellied newts (Cynops pyrrhogaster) in rice field, Shiga, Japan, May

Nature Production / Japanese Firebelly Newt {Cynops pyrrhogaster} larva in egg ready to hatch, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Firebelly Newt {Cynops pyrrhogaster}embryo in egg with external gill, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Firebelly Newt {Cynops pyrrhogaster}fertile egg, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Firebelly Newt {Cynops pyrrhogaster}showing patterns on its abdomen, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Firebelly Newt {Cynops pyrrhogaster} Shiga, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Firebelly Newt {Cynops pyrrhogaster} larva with its external gill completely absorbed, Japan, sequence 7/7

Nature Production / Japanese firebelly newt {Cynops pyrrhogaster} final stage of larva resembling adult, Japan, sequence 6/7

Nature Production / Japanese firebelly newt {Cynops pyrrhogaster} larva with external gills being absorbed, Japan, sequence 5/7

Nature Production / Japanese firebelly newt {Cynops pyrrhogaster} larva with external gills, Japan, sequence 4/7

Nature Production / Japanese firebelly newt {Cynops pyrrhogaster} newly hatched larva with balancers, Japan, sequence 3/7

Nature Production / Japanese firebelly newt {Cynops pyrrhogaster} males wagging purple tail in courtship display, Japan, april, sequence 2/7

Nature Production / Japanese firebelly newt {Cynops pyrrhogaster} recently emerged from winter hibernation, Japan, January, sequence 1/7

Nature Production / Japanese firebelly newt {Cynops pyrrhogaster} in rice field, Japan, may