[2] The species was originally described in 2016 by Neelesh Dahanukar, Nikhil Modak, Keerthi Krutha, P. O. Nameer, Anand D. Padhye, and Sanjay Molur.

This frog has been observed on moss on rocks and on leaf litter, near houses, and on arecanut plantations.

Instead, they move across mossy rocks using their strong tails and hind legs, which grow in at a younger age than those of other tadpoles.

[1] The frog is named after Neil deGrasse Tyson to acknowledge his role in popularising and communicating science to the general public.

[1] Scientists have observed the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on other frogs in Indirana, but its exact morbidity and mortality have yet to be determined.