[1][3] It is likely to occur in the southernmost Central African Republic.

[1] The type series consists of three specimens measuring 24–28 mm (0.9–1.1 in) in snout–vent length; the smallest one is the holotype, an adult male.

[4] The head is narrow and flat, and the eyes point almost directly upward.

[2] Hymenochirus curtipes is presumably ecologically similar to Hymenochirus boettgeri, an aquatic frog that occurs in still, shaded water in lowland rainforest, and in pools by slow-flowing rivers.

[1][5] Former London mayor Ken Livingstone was the first person in the world to breed H. curtipes in captivity.