Can change color from green to brown or vice versa. Light, middorsal stripe often present. Large dewlap for mating and territory displays. 
Arkansas Herpetological Atlas 2019
This species is represented by 367 records from 27 sources: 245 museum (
), 0 literature (
), 0 research (
), and 79 observation (
), with 43 additional Trauth et al. (2004) locality points remaining unsourced (
). It has been museum vouchered for 29 of 75 counties (), with 7 additional counties having other forms of reported occurrence (). Years of collection range from 1894 to present.
This species occurs throughout the Ouachita Mountains and South Central Plains. Evidence of population occurrence north of the Arkansas River has been reported from North Little Rock, Pulaski County (iNat 23737962 from 2019 and J. D. Chamberlain, pers. comm.). Additional records north of the Arkansas River include a possibly transplanted individual from Clarksville, Johnson County (ASUMZ 31281 from 2008), and unsourced localities plotted by Trauth et al. (2004) in southern Lonoke County and at Arkansas Post, Arkansas County.
