Juvenile and Adult

• Dark eye mask extends from snout through eye, ending behind eardrum; contrasts sharply with whitish jaw stripe
• Ridges of skin (dorsolateral folds) along sides of back
• May have light stripe down middle of back
• Background colour: brown, pink-tan, olive-green, grey to almost black

Body length: up to 8 cm

Call

• Series of short, raspy, duck-like quacking sounds

Eggs

• Laid in a soft, plum-sized, globular mass, with each egg having a relatively thin jelly layer

Tadpole

• Eyes located centrally on body as viewed from above
• Spiracle located high on body, in middle of left side as viewed from side
• Tail length less than 1.5 times body length
• Sometimes with a pink tinge on belly

Range

• Widespread throughout the forested regions of Alberta, but absent from many areas of the Rocky Mountains
• Occasionally found in the northern prairie