A stout body with a narrow waist. They have extensive webbing on their hind feet. The color of their bodies is tan, brown, gray, or a reddish brown, with a distinctive dark eye mask with a white stripe running through it on either side. The undersides of these frogs are an unmottled white or cream color. Adults reach a size of 34-68 mm.
Males are darker, almost black, especially during the breeding season.
Females often are brick red in the breeding season. The Wood Frog is the first frog to emerge in the spring, so they can be observed from March through to October. These frogs live to be at least 3 years old. Small flies and other insects. A large variety of snakes feed on Wood Frogs.