They have granular skin; their back is pale yellowish green with dark blotches but they are white from under.

Tadpoles have large ventral suckers which they use to attach themselves to rocky surfaces.

[4] Amolops larutensis is a common and abundant species occurring on boulders and bedrock in and along fast-flowing, clear-water forest streams both in lowlands and highlands.

It may be the most common frog in forest boulder streams all through the Malay Peninsula.

It is not considered threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).