Skin is smooth dorsally, where the throat, chest, and part of belly are rough.

Lateral bands run on both sides extending from the tip of the snout almost to the groin.

[4] Most specimens have been found under grasses on the edges of temporary pools and puddles, often in secondary forests during the breeding season, typically in November.

It has also been reported from paddy fields and primary evergreen forests.

[3] This species is listed as "data deficient" in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, in an assessment made in 2004, at the time when it was only known from Mayabunder in North Andaman.