Dorsal coloration is light green or brownish, usually with small dark blotches; sometimes a distinct light middorsal band is present.

A light longitudinal stripe runs through most of the flank.

[3] Males call mostly during the night, floating on the water surface and holding to vegetation.

[4] Pseudis minuta is a very common, aquatic frog found in ponds and still-water pools of slowly moving creeks at elevations below 500 m (1,600 ft) above sea level.

There are no known major threats, at it even appears to tolerate environments (i.e., rice plantations) that receive heavy doses of pesticides.