Its back is covered with small warts and it varies in colour, being grey, tan, brown or green, often with golden speckles.

Its range includes several widely separated locations in northwestern, central and southwestern Saudi Arabia, the Farasan Islands in the Red Sea, western and southern Yemen, the United Arab Emirates and northern Oman.

It is a common species where the conditions are suitable and is found in oases, springs, irrigation ditches, watercourses, ponds and gardens.

[1] In the United Arab Emirates it is often found in mountain pools and may bury itself by digging holes in damp gravel in wadis.

Stimulated by changing conditions, all the toads may emerge at once and congregate in great numbers in suitable places to breed.