Juvenile and Adult

• Dark stripe runs from snout through eye, then down along flank
• Skin appears somewhat grainy in texture
• Three dark stripes on back; stripes may be broken, reduced to spots or absent
• Small round toe tips
• Lacks ridges of skin (dorsolateral folds) on back
• Background colour: grey to brown to green

Body length: up to 4 cm

Call

• Vibrant, repeated "prreep", each call with rising inflection

Eggs

• Laid in small, irregular or elongated masses

Tadpole

• Eyes visible as part of the outline of body as viewed from above

Range

• Widest distribution of any amphibian in the province; found in nearly every habitat in Alberta, except for alpine environments