[2][3][4] The specific name fuhrmanni is in honor of Otto Fuhrmann, a Swiss zoologist and helminthologist.

The dorsolateral folds are thin, and the skin on the dorsum is finely granular with scattered larger warts.

The fingers lack webbing but expanded disks at the tips with subarticular adhesive pads present.

[3] Female frogs carry eggs on their backs, which undergo direct development, hatching as froglets[1] (i.e., there is no free-living larval stage[6]).

Cryptobatrachus fuhrmanni is a common species of frog found on rocks in fast-flowing mountain streams within transition and montane forest[1] at elevations ranging from 380–2,050 m (1,250–6,730 ft) above sea level.