Middorsal stripe reddish, or sometimes yellowish-green, and zigzagged with irregular margins. Occasional leadback individuals without middorsal stripe. 
Arkansas Herpetological Atlas 2019
This species is represented by 1,101 records from 35 sources: 924 museum (
), 17 literature (
), 0 research (
), and 152 observation (
), with 8 additional Trauth et al. (2004) locality points remaining unsourced (
). It has been museum vouchered for 18 of 75 counties (). Years of collection range from 1903 to present.
This species occurs throughout much of the Ozark Highlands, Boston Mountains, and into the northeastern Arkansas Valley in the northern half of White County.
