[1] It has a similar appearance to, and can be confused with, the closely related White's tree frog.

The tympanum is large, almost the size of the eye, and partially obscured by the parotoid gland.

[3] It was spotted by chance in the Charnley River-Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary and captured for further study.

[3] Magnificent tree frogs are native to the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

The male's call is very similar to that of White's tree frog, a deep "crawk-crawk-crawk" repeated many times.