Dorsally ocher to mid-brown, sometimes with olive-green hues and a faint vertebral streak in late tadpole stages. A mottled pattern of dense dark brown or reddish-brown spots overlays the ground color. Brown mottling continues from the trunk to the tail, including the fins, though less dense and dark than on the trunk. Conspicuous white markings are present: white lines and iridophore blotches on the cheeks and ventrally, a light line along the posterior two-thirds of the tail musculature, and a fainter line along the base of the upper fin. Along the tail fin edges, iridophore clusters may alternate with dark pigmentation. Venter mostly shiny white. Buccal and gular regions light brown and semi-transparent in early tadpoles, mottled dark brown in advanced stages. Gills, heart, and gut coils not clearly visible. Oral disc finely stippled with melanocytes, with clusters concentrated on the oral papillae.