[3][4] Its color varies from rufous brown with dark mottling, to tan or green, depending on the population.

It typically lives in wetlands in coastal fynbos habitats, but its total area of occupancy is very small, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being "critically endangered".

The micro frog lives in wetlands in sandy, coastal fynbos, a type of heathland found in the Western Cape region of South Africa.

It is associated with seepages and ephemeral pools, and depends on dark, acidic waters for breeding.

[5] This frog has a total area of occupancy of 7 km2 (2.7 sq mi), its distribution is severely fragmented, and the wetland habitat is being degraded, mainly threatened by drainage for coastal strip development.