The frogs are medium-sized and males sometimes bear a distinctive bright green stripe down the length of the backbone.

As befits a species that prefers wetland habitats, the webbing on the feet extends to the tips of the toes.

[2] The Albanian water frog is endemic to the Balkans and primarily found only in western Albania and southern Montenegro, where it inhabits freshwater marshes, swamps, ditches, and the heavily vegetated shorelines of lakes and rivers.

[1][3][4] Male Albanian water frogs are generally about 71 mm (2.8 in) long and colouration on the dorsal side is green to light brown.

The spots disappear or are much fainter during the breeding season, and dorsal colouration changes to olive or grass green.

This practice reduces the population but also introduces fatal diseases, such as chytridiomycosis, and non-native frogs to the region.