[2] The specific name cheesmanae honors Lucy Evelyn Cheesman, an English entomologist, explorer, and curator at London Zoo.

Call series can last tens of seconds, during which the emission rate increases.

[1] The type series from the Cyclops Range was collected at 910–1,220 m (3,000–4,000 ft) above sea level,[2][4] whereas the Bewani Mountains record is from 210 m (690 ft) above sea level.

[6] The eggs are laid on the ground and development is direct, without free-living tadpole stage.

Its range includes Cyclops Mountains Nature Reserve, but fires and illegal removal of vegetation are encroaching on this habitat.