The adult female frog has a yellow throat, chest, and belly.

Adult male frogs have a gray-purple throat, a light chest, and melanophores on the vocal sac.

Adult frogs have a narrow white stripes that extend from the face to the groin.

[3] Scientists named this frog paleovarzensis for the specific paleovárzea habitat in which it lives.

[3] This frog lives in the leaf litter in old-growth rainforests, exclusively in paleovárzea habitats.

[3][1] The frog's range includes at least protected places, Rio Negro Right Bank Environmental Protection Area and the Central Amazon Conservation Complex World Heritage Site.

[3][1] The tadpoles are yellow-brown in color wiht dark brown flecks on their backs, sides, and tails.

They have a dark brown bar extending from the nose over the eye to the middle of the body.