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This is a California newt (Taricha torosa) egg - I couldn't say exactly how old, but safe to say pretty fresh. It will rapidly develop into a small gilled larvae which will eventually hatch out and spend its early life in the water - in this case a cattle pond in the East Bay. This egg is past the initial cleavage stage where the single celled egg starts dividing into multiple cells. The compartments visible on the surface are individual cells and this is just prior to gastrulation where the blastopore forms (what will eventually become the gut/anus) and tissue layers begin to arrange themselves. Photographed in situ out in the water where the eggs were laid.

This is a California newt (Taricha torosa) egg - I couldn't say exactly how old, but safe to say pretty fresh. It will rapidly develop into a small gilled larvae which will eventually hatch out and spend its early life in the water - in this case a cattle pond in the East Bay. This egg is past the initial cleavage stage where the single celled egg starts dividing into multiple cells. The compartments visible on the surface are individual cells and this is just prior to gastrulation where the blastopore forms (what will eventually become the gut/anus) and tissue layers begin to arrange themselves. Photographed in situ out in the water where the eggs were laid.

A developing California newt (Taricha torosa) in the shallows of a cattle pond in the East bay area. Soon this embryo will develop gills and eyes and break free of the gelatinous membrane to start its life in the water.