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All of our amphibians lay their eggs in water. Most frogs, toads and salamanders like to lay their eggs in small ponds where there are no fish to eat the eggs or young. If the young amphibians grow and change to adult shape quickly, the eggs can be laid in ponds that dry up by late summer. So some amphibians breed in ponds that fill with water from melting snow in spring or heavy rains in summer. They can live in places where there are no ponds or other water for part of the year. 
Wood frog eggs. Some amphibians have young that take a long time to grow up so they must lay their eggs in deep ponds or other water bodies that don't dry up. So some amphibians can never live far from water. One of our amphibians, the mudpuppy, never leaves the water. It lays its eggs in the rivers and lakes where it lives. When you read about each kind of amphibian, you can find out where and how it lays its eggs.
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