[1][4] This species was originally described in the genus Albericus,[2] named for Alberich, the dwarf in Scandinavian mythology and Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen.

[2] Nine unsexed individuals in the type series measure 16.7–20.1 mm (0.66–0.79 in) in snout–urostyle length.

[6] Choerophryne brunhildae shares the general appearance of other former Albericus species: brown dorsum with lighter or darker irregular mottling, warty dorsal skin, and short and road head with blunt snout and relatively large eyes.

Distinctive features of this species are conspicuous lumbar ocelli and ventrum that is densely stippled dark and light all over.

[2] Choerophryne brunhildae lives in forest habitats and is sometimes seen in rural gardens.