The hind limbs are short and the digits of the hands have spoon-shaped tips while the toes are webbed.

The colour is dark brown but many white-tipped tubercles give it a rough, speckled appearance.

[2] This frog is native to the mainland of Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, southern Thailand, and the Philippines.

Its habitat is primary and secondary rainforest up to an altitude of about 800 metres (2,600 ft) and it can tolerate some disturbance of its environment.

[4] This frog is a fossorial species and lives among the leaf litter but can also climb into trees up to 6 metres (20 ft) above the forest floor.