Red Eft Life Cycle: From Egg to Adult Eastern Newt #184059 (License: Personal Use)

This scientific illustration details the four-stage life cycle of the eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens), beginning with eggs laid on aquatic vegetation, hatching into gilled larvae, transforming into the vividly colored terrestrial red eft, and finally maturing into olive-green, water-dwelling breeding adults. Arrows indicate developmental progression and habitat shifts between land and water, highlighting the species’ complex amphibian metamorphosis.

Used in educational biology resources, wildlife conservation pages, or school curriculum materials to explain amphibian development; matches user intent for learning about salamander life cycles, metamorphosis, or eastern newt ecology.