[3] They can also be found along the Queensland coast where it has been recorded between Townsville and Cooktown,[4] and as far south as Hervey Bay (300 km north of Brisbane).

[8] Also, adults have distinct dermal fringes on their toes and the hind side of their thighs lack the pink or red coloration of the quacking frog.

[8] The length of the adult snout-vent is usually less than 18 mm, which is shorter than the eastern sign-bearing froglet, and is a pale brown colour or slightly patterned.

[8] Additional diagnostic descriptors include: bluntly rounded snout, evenly rounded canthus rostralis, outwardly sloping loreal region, bluntly pointed head (dorsal view), lacks supratympanic fold, elongated tongue, lacks vomerine teeth, toothed upper jaw, vocal sac with slit-like openings on the floor of the mouth.

[7] Tadpole appearance is the same as the Eastern sign-bearing froglet and Common eastern froglet: dark brown in colour, a dextral anal opening, sinistral spiracle, blunt tail, labial papillar row interrupted on anterior and posterior portions, and a labial tooth row pattern of I, 1/1, II.

[11] Under these circumstances, any activity that negatively impacts these water bodies may cause species decline, including drinking, fouling and grazing by livestock and feral animals, road construction, non-native plants, groundwater extraction, pollution, tourism, mining, and long-term changes in weather patterns.