It is a small species and is found in wet tree hollows or leaf bases containing water.

It is the only species in the monotypic genus Pedostibes, also known as Asian tree toads.

When the hind limb is held straight beside the body, the metatarsal tubercles reach to between the eye and tip of the snout.

Skin of upper parts is rough (tubercular), the largest tubercles being arranged along each side of the back.

In color, it is brownish-grey above, with the sides darker; a white band runs from below the eye to the axil; another white, longitudinal band is in the lumbar region; the beneath is dark-spotted.