In mating season, the males develop black nuptial pads that enable them to cling to the females' backs during amplexus.

[3] The tadpole's body is a uniform dark brown above with a silvery sheen below; initially minute in size, they grow to a very large 80 mm in length.

South-west corner of Western Australia,[2][6] from as far north as the Geraldton Sandplains,[7] to the Esperance Plains on the south coast of WA.

[1] A wide and populous distribution through lakes and swamps has readily incorporated garden ponds and farm dams, where they are often found sunbathing on the upper leaves of plants.

Unlike the eastern members of the species complex, the motorbike frog has not suffered from dramatic declines, despite chytrid fungus being present in areas which they inhabit.