[1] All species have a similar body shape, they are rounded and squat with large eyes and the pupils constrict vertically.

The reproductive cycle is dependent on sufficient rainfall, an unpredictable event in the arid and semiarid regions of Australia.

When a period of rain creates pools of water they emerge from their burrow to meet in large numbers.

Neobatrachus tadpoles may feed on the weaker individuals in a pool as available food is exhausted or water evaporates.

[3] A taxonomic revision of the genus was published in 2010, providing clarification to the names of several species and investigating the identity of the specimen examined for the author's earlier description of Neobatrachus albipes.