Relatively large. Color a wash of brown or gray with lichen-like patterning. Belly black. Head and mouth noticeably small. 
Arkansas Herpetological Atlas 2019
This species is represented by 1,097 records from 25 sources: 1,009 museum (
), 0 literature (
), 0 research (
), and 50 observation (
), with 38 additional Trauth et al. (2004) locality points remaining unsourced (
). It has been museum vouchered for 56 of 75 counties (), with 8 additional counties having other forms of reported occurrence (). Years of collection range from 1898 to present.
This species occurs throughout much of the state, but is largely absent from the Ozark Highlands and Boston Mountains, except for isolated localities in the vicinity of Bentonville, Benton County; Fayetteville, Washington County; Mountain View, Stone County; and Fairfield Bay, Cleburne County.
