[2][4] The specific name boettgeri honours Oskar Boettger, a German zoologist.

Large, rounded reddish-brown markings are present on the sides of the head and body.

The ventral side is light brown, with chestnut-brown spots on the chin, throat, chest, and undersides of limbs.

[3] The holotype was found under moss at the foot of a tree at an elevation of about 650 m (2,130 ft) above sea level.

[3] This species presumably lives in rainforest and breeds by direct development, (i.e, there is no free-living larval stage[7]), as other Callulops[1] (and asterophryinids in general[3]).