[2] The specific name, werneri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Franz Werner.

[3] The preferred natural habitats of A. werneri are forest, grassland, and freshwater wetlands.

[1] Dorsally, A. werneri is dark olive; ventrally, it is yellow.

[1] In 1996 the species Achalinus werneri was classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN.

[1] This is because its range is estimated to be less than 20,000 km2 (7,722 sq mi), or its area of occupancy is estimated to be less than 2,000 km2 (772 sq mi), and estimates indicate its range is severely fragmented, or known to exist at no more than ten locations, and that a continuing decline has been inferred, observed or projected in the area, extent and/or quality of its habitat.