Relatively large. Color a midnight blue with two rows of large, yellow spots on body and orangish spots on head. Belly gray. 
Arkansas Herpetological Atlas 2019
This species is represented by 1,320 records from 32 sources: 1,133 museum (
), 0 literature (
), 0 research (
), and 118 observation (
), with 69 additional Trauth et al. (2004) locality points remaining unsourced (
). It has been museum vouchered for 63 of 75 counties (), with 8 additional counties having other forms of reported occurrence (). Years of collection range from 1898 to present.
This species occurs statewide.
