[2][3] The specific name taylori honors Edward Harrison Taylor (1889–1978), an American herpetologist.

Colouration of dorsum is tan, green, or gray, often with large elongated black spots with clear edges.

[3] Peralta frog is a nocturnal, semi-aquatic frog inhabiting ponds, swamps, and marshes in lowland wet forest, premontane moist and wet forests, and rainforest.

Breeding takes place during the wet season.

It may be threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation, possibly by also water pollution from agricultural pesticides.