The tadpoles are small (<20 mm (0.79 in)) and have unusual black markings on a light background.

Adults occur widely dispersed on the forest floor and herb stratum.

[1] Calling males can be found sitting on boulders and rocks on river banks at night.

[3] Breeding is explosive and takes place in small, clear, rocky-bottomed streams.

The tadpoles are most common in shallow side pools and in submerged beds of dead leaves.