Adult length: 2.5 - 4.5 in (6.35 – 11.43 cm); coloration and appearance: color ranges from brown to yellow brown with black or brown patches with the ventral surface a creamy white with some dark mottling, pebbly-skinned; male and female frogs have prominent crests above their eyes and snouts that are turned up; female’s skin is much rougher and crest a bit higher than their male counterpart’s, and they are also generally larger than the males; sexual dichromatism (males are yellower than females) is most obvious when males are in breeding condition. Males also possess prominent nuptial pads on the first and second digits of the front feet.