The slimmer, little patterned to monochrome males are gray-brown to greenish in color and are about 65 to 80 millimetres (2.6 to 3.1 in) long.

[4][5][6] During the day the insects hide in the leafy layer of the forest floor, where they are very well camouflaged due to their color and body shape.

In addition, the animals then threaten the attacker with the abdomen raised and the hind legs splayed upwards.

When approaching further, the tibae of the hind legs are quickly struck against the femurs, making the spines on them very effective weapons of defense.

[2] The cruciform micropylar plate with the clearly visible micropyle in the lower corner of the cross is striking.

Paul Brock mentioned in 1995 that he sees no reason for the status of a subspecies and thinks it would be a synonym of Haaniella muelleri.

[9] [1] The specimens introduced in the early 1990s from the Templar Park in Malay Perak were initially distributed under the name Haaniella muelleri in terrariums.

A slightly moist substrate is required to lay eggs, which should cover the floor of the terrarium 5 to 10 centimetres (2.0 to 3.9 in) high.