The coloration usually matches the rocks they live in, can be brown, gray, green, red, or yellow. They have a triangle on nose and a darkish eye stripe. The males generally have a ‘tail’ which is actually the male reproductive organ. They have Granular roughish skin. They are found in western Washington, from the Olympics to the Cascades. In Washington State, they are found from the Cascade Mountains to the coast, in higher mountain elevations, the population in southeastern Washington has recently been separated into a different species, Ascaphus montanus. Rocky forest streams, prefer fast moving clear water, rarely found away from water and only on really wet nights. Their breeding season is in the fall and eggs are laid in the spring/summer. Eggs are laid in strings underneath big rocks. Tadpoles have a large sucker mouth to cling on the rocks in fast water streams and feed on algae. They can take up to four years for tadpoles to complete metamorphosis. One of the most primitive of all frogs and their closest living relatives are in New Zealand! One of the only frogs in the world that have internal fertilization. They have reduced lungs (breathe mostly through skin) which helps to limit buoyancy in water. Fingertips are hardened like claws to help move around and the rocks on the fast moving water. One of the longest living species of frogs can live up to 15-20 years!

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