[2] It is found exclusively in the Western Ghats, India, and both sexes share the responsibility of watching over the eggs.

It is a plump frog, with a wide, short head, and a skin fold from the eye to the shoulder.

The male has reddish-brown femoral glands on his hind legs and a vocal sac that inflates sidewards.

[4] This species is known only from the Western Ghat Mountains in the vicinity of the Jog Falls on the River Sharavathi in Karnataka State, India, at a height of 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level.

The male chooses a suitable spot for egg deposition on a branch, leaf, or steep rock about a metre (yard) above a stream.