[2][3][4] The specific name lindholmi honours Wassili Adolfovitch Lindholm, a Russian zoologist, herpetologist, and malacologist.

[5] Accordingly, common name Lindholm's Banana frog has been coined for this species.

[2][5] The holotype is a female measuring 27 mm (1.1 in) in snout–vent length.

The specimen resembles a juvenile Leptopelis, but is evidently an adult because it has about one hundred eggs in its ovaries.

[4] This number is much higher than is typical for Afrixalus species, and Amiet (2009) suggests that the placement of this species in Afrixalus should be considered incertae sedis only.