The skin of the dorsum is shagreened and bears small, round tubercles, more prominently so on the posterior part of the body and the thighs.

The flanks and posterior surfaces of thighs are mottled with gray or brown.

The venter is dull white, suffused heavily with pale gray.

[2] The tadpoles measure up to 69 mm (2.7 in) in total length and have an ovoid, slightly vertically flattened body.

[2] Plectrohyla pokomchi live in cloud forests, generally near cascading mountain streams.