In addition, a series of tadpoles was also collected, but it is uncertain whether they belong to this species or Hoplophryne rogersi.

Colouration was very similar to Hoplophryne rogersi, which is slatey-blue above, shading to blue-grey peripherally.

A white band was running from eye to base of fore limb.

[2] The holotype was collected in a wild banana (Ensete) in a forested hill to the west of Amani, at approximately 900 m (3,000 ft) above sea level.

Theoretically, it might be present in the Amani Nature Reserve, although intensive sampling has not revealed any specimens.