1.0Yellowstone Foreverhttps://www.yellowstone.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="gosJ2FJca1"><a href="https://www.yellowstone.org/naturalist-notes-western-tiger-salamander/">Naturalist Notes: Western Tiger Salamander</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.yellowstone.org/naturalist-notes-western-tiger-salamander/embed/#?secret=gosJ2FJca1" width="600" height="338" title="“Naturalist Notes: Western Tiger Salamander” — Yellowstone Forever" data-secret="gosJ2FJca1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> By Brad Bulin, Art by Lauren Beltramo The life of the western tiger salamander (Ambystoma mavortium), one of Yellowstone’s few species of amphibians, is intriguing. Seldom seen, this seclusive salamander begins its life as an egg deposited in one of the many ponds and lakes of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, before developing into a rather distinct tadpole (or larval) form. Unlike frogs and toads, salamander tadpoles come out with external gills and four legs, bespeckled […]https://geckodesigns-wpelargefs.s3.amazonaws.com/yellowforever/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/WesternTigerSalamander_LamarValley_JUN18_NPS_FrankJacob-1024x683.jpg