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Extensive remodeling of the visual system occurs during amphibian metamorphosis making this a valuable process for studying the evolution of developmental mechanisms. Here, we investigated how life cycle mode and ecology can influence heterochronic patterns of expression for eye development and maintenance genes across Brook Salamanders (genus Eurycea). This clade exhibits repeated evolution of larval-form paedomorphosis and independent instances of cave-dwelling (troglomorphy), which allows for testing how gene expression evolves across different life cycle modes and ecologies. We used RNA-Seq to quantify the expression of 34 eye development and maintenance genes for larvae and adults across 13 lineages of Brook Salamanders (eight biphasic and five paedomorphic), including two troglomorphic lineages. We found numerous lineage-specific differences between larvae and adults. Across biphasic specimens, but not considering phylogeny, we found the transcription factor visual system homeobox 1 (vsx1) had higher expression in larvae versus adults, while the transcription factors Kr\u00fcppel-like factor 9 (klf9) and mineralocorticoid receptor (mr) had higher expression in adults than larvae. In contrast, we found no significant differences between larvae and adults across paedomorphic specimens. When considering phylogeny, the expression of klf9 and meis homeobox 2 (meis2) was significantly higher in biphasic adults compared to paedomorphic adults. There was a significant increase in klf9 expression after metamorphosis, but meis2 expression was maintained in biphasic salamanders across development. Conversely, the expression of meis homeobox 1 (meis1) and ISL LIM homeobox 1 (isl1) was maintained at higher levels in paedomorphic adults compared to biphasic adults. Some of these transcription factors are known to be highly expressed in vertebrate embryos and are involved in retinal cell specification and maintenance. The sustained high expression in paedomorphic adults might reflect truncation\u00a0of eye development with embryonic expression patterns continuing into adulthood. In the troglomorphic Grotto Salamander (E. spelaea), that degenerates its eyes during metamorphosis, we found striking downregulation of orthodenticle homeobox 2 (otx2) in adults compared to their larvae, and to conspecific larvae and adult stages of surface-dwelling relatives. Overall, our results highlight the importance of utilizing phylogenetic comparative approaches for inferring generalizable expression patterns. 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