[3][4] It is morphologically similar to Ansonia malayana from Malaysia, but differs from it in ventral coloration and larval morphology.

[2] The exact threats are unknown but are likely forest loss for logging and agricultural expansion.

Dorsum is brown with darker markings, and has small and minute warts, some of them with orange-yellow tips.

Their body is flattened, dorsally black with two transverse light bands, and ventrally unpigmented.

Tadpoles have been found in a small stream with moderate flow, clinging to the rocks.