Fig. 2. Representative sequence of Taricha walking down a ramp into water and the transition to swimming. Panels are in sequence vertically and are each separated in time by 100 ms. In each panel, the top figure is a dorsal view, and the bottom figure is a synchronous lateral view. Both cameras were rotated to align with the ramp surface; the light-appearing diagonal line in the left half of each lateral view is the air–water interface. Note the almost complete immersion before the transition to swimming (right column). Images were cropped and composited in Adobe Photoshop 7.