The Dhofar toad is a small species and is quite variable in appearance, being greenish or some shade of brown and either uniformly coloured or mottled and speckled with darker markings.

The call of the male at breeding time is a sharp "kra-kra-kra", and this contrasts with the "rusty hinge" sound made by the Arabian toad.

[2][3] One of only nine species of amphibian in the Arabian Peninsula,[2] the Dhofar toad is found in Yemen, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

[1] Its typical habitat is wet places, springs, pools, streams, canals, ditches, irrigated land, gardens and oases, but it is sometimes found far from any permanent water.

When heavy rain falls, it emerges to feed and makes its way to nearby water bodies where the males call to attract the females.