Small. Fossorial. Coloration variable—browns, tans, and grays—usually with middorsal stripe and rows of fine dots running lengthwise. Pale spots on neck. Belly red in most individuals. 
Arkansas Herpetological Atlas 2019
This species is represented by 210 records from 23 sources: 145 museum (
), 0 literature (
), 0 research (
), and 51 observation (
), with 14 additional Trauth et al. (2004) locality points remaining unsourced (
). It has been museum vouchered for 40 of 75 counties (), with 8 additional counties having other forms of reported occurrence (). Years of collection range from 1924 to present.
This species may occur statewide, although the distribution is patchy for much of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, where it may be less common. An additional distributional gap from the central Boston Mountains through the Ozark Highlands of northcentral Arkansas is likely an artifact of undersampling this area.
