The limbs are short and stumpy and the fingers and toes lack webbing and adhesive discs.

The underside is mainly smooth and white, but the skin is translucent in parts, and the throat area may be granular with dark markings around the jaw line.

When disturbed, these frogs have the ability to inflate their bodies dramatically and squeak as a defence mechanism to deter predators.

Its eggs are laid in underground chambers and are covered in a thick, viscous, jelly-like substance.

[1] It is a locally abundant frog, but it can experience some habitat loss because of agricultural expansion in the south of its range.