The Gavi night frog generally has a robust body with a wide head, and oval snout.

In terms of coloration, individuals of N. gavi are light brown, dorsally, with dark stripes between the eyes.

Their skin is also wrinkled on the top of the head especially near the snout and between the orbits.

[3] The legs are also light brown in colour with darker, blackish bands.

[3] Nyctibatrachus gavi is found around the towns of Gavi and Moozhiyar, both of which are in the Indian state of Kerala on the southwest coast of the Indian subcontinent.