Juvenile and Adult

• Vertical elongated (cat-like) pupils in bright light
• Small warts often tipped with yellow or orange
• Single, glossy, black, sharp-edged projection ("spade") on underside of each hind foot
• Pronounced bump (boss) on top of head
• Lacks parotoid gland behind each eye
• Background colour: pale grey, brown to dull green

Body length: up to 6 cm

Call

• Loud, short, rapidly, repeated duck-like sound

Eggs

• Laid in small, golf ball-sized, randomly shaped or spherical mass
• Often deposited in landform depressions that temporarily hold water in the spring and early summer, or after heavy rains

Tadpole

• Eyes located centrally on body as viewed from above
• Spiracle located low left side of body included in belly outline as viewed from side

Range

• Limited to the southeastern portion of the province in natural undisturbed habitats with areas of sandy soil
• Found as far north as Wainwright and as far west as Pincher Creek