This frog can change color, showing green or brick brown.

The female frog lays eggs in folded leaf nests hanging above streams.

When the eggs hatch, the tadpoles fall into the stream, where they develop for about five months, feeding at the surface of the water.

[3] Human beings cut down the forests for agriculture, tree farms, livestock grazing, and urban expansion.

[4] The specific name cochranae honours Doris Mable Cochran, an American herpetologist.