Grayish-brown with faint, jagged crossbars. Scales give rough texture. Males with turquoise jowls and sides of belly during breeding season. 
Arkansas Herpetological Atlas 2019
This species is represented by 2,350 records from 49 sources: 2,072 museum (
), 0 literature (
), 0 research (
), and 222 observation (
), with 56 additional Trauth et al. (2004) locality points remaining unsourced (
). It has been museum vouchered for 71 of 75 counties (), with 2 additional counties having other forms of reported occurrence (). Years of collection range from 1855 to present.
This species occurs statewide, although less sampled through most of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain and in the extreme southeast corner of the state.
