[2][3][1] The adult frog measures 14.6 to 20.4 mm in snout-vent length.

This frog has a white belly with dark spots or mottling.

[4] This frog lives in Medog County, which has been subject to cosniderable human-induced habitat loss.

[4] Scientists named this frog vallecula in Latin for "valley-dwelling."

They also named it He Gu She Tu Wa (河谷舌突蛙) in Chinese and valley papilla-tongued frog in English.