[1][2] The specific name garmani honors Samuel Garman, an American ichthyologist and herpetologist.

The back is tan to olive-brown and bears large paired markings edged with black.

[4] The range extends from Ethiopia and Somalia southward through Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, to South Africa and Eswatini and west to Namibia[1][2] and Angola.

[2] Sclerophrys garmani in habits both arid and wooded savannas as well as agricultural areas at elevations below 2,000 m (6,600 ft).

It can be threatened by habitat loss caused by human expansion, settlement, and agricultural encroachment.