[2] This species is distinguished from congeners by the combination of characters such as body small, elongate, squat and flat; head arched, wider than long; snout short rounded, equal or sub equal to diameter of eye; canthus rostralis rounded; tympanum indistinct but visible; eyes protruding, pupil with striking golden yellow dentition like marks; belly granular; vocal sac unpigmented; fleshy brown to cream yellow dorsum with two distinct golden yellow lateral bands bordered by dark brown from upper eyelid to the posterior part of flanks.

[2] The species is endemic to the Western Ghats mountains, reported from parts of the Nilgiris and Anaimalai Hills.

[6]This species inhabits dense stands of the bamboo Ochlandra setigera, growing on forest edges and in more in open habitats.

[1][2] The species occurs in the Western Ghats mostly along forest streams and other sites where Ochlandra stands remain.

While the entrance holes are towards the bottom of the internodes, eggs are deposited on the inside wall of the bamboo towards the upper side.