It is known from its type locality, the Upemba National Park in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and from eastern Angola and south of Ndola in northern Zambia.

Dorsal skin and the sides of the head have dense cover of flattened, round warts.

The venter is whitish or cream, with dark mark that varies in extent a narrow median stripe to covering nearly half of the ventral surfaces.

[2] This rarely encountered species seems to prefer gallery forests and woodland; reproduction takes place in water.

It occurs in Upemba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo.