Small and squat. Mottled brown. Belly mottled black and gray. Head small and very pointed. Fold of skin behind eyes. Call a loud, long, high-pitched baaaw of a dying sheep. 
Arkansas Herpetological Atlas 2019
This species is represented by 931 records from 35 sources: 813 museum (
), 0 literature (
), 0 research (
), and 65 observation (
), with 53 additional Trauth et al. (2004) locality points remaining unsourced (
). It has been museum vouchered for 71 of 75 counties (), with 3 additional counties having other forms of reported occurrence (). Years of collection range from 1897 to present.
This species occurs statewide, with records lacking from the central Boston Mountains.
