 Three different types of egg deposition occur . Ambystoma and Taricha spp. spawn large numbers of small eggs in quiet ponds where many large predators are unlikely . Most dusky salamanders ( Desmognathus ) and Pacific giant salamanders ( Dicamptodon ) lay smaller batches of medium @-@ sized eggs in a concealed site in flowing water , and these are usually guarded by an adult , normally the female . Many of the tropical climbing salamanders ( Bolitoglossa ) and lungless salamanders ( <unk> ) lay a small number of large eggs on land in a well @-@ hidden spot , where they are also guarded by the mother . Some species such as the fire salamanders ( Salamandra ) are ovoviviparous , with the female retaining the eggs inside her body until they hatch , either into larvae to be deposited in a water body , or into fully formed juveniles . 
