SMILING BARRED TIGER SALAMANDER Ambystoma mavortium ©Laura Quick Primarily nocturnal, barred tiger salamanders are opportunistic feeders, and will often eat anything they can catch, including various insects, slugs, and earthworms. They are primarily terrestrial as adults, but their juvenile larval stage is entirely aquatic, having external gills. Breeding takes place during most months of the year. The eggs are laid in water and the developing larvae are aquatic. There have been reports of cannibalism in this species but it seems to vary in extent in different parts of its range. #barredtigetsalamander #smiling #salamandersofinstagram #©lauraquick #salamander #coollooking #amphibiansofinstagram #moist #losangeleszoo #losangeleszooandbotanicalgardens #terrestrial #aquaticasjuvenile #pretty #lazoo #glaza https://www.instagram.com/p/B82Lx8qHYIy/?igshid=wfinxjz49k9n