The snout-vent length is up to 50 mm, with the snout having a beak-like shape formed by a protruding rostral and a large mental scale.

[5] The dorsal pattern varies in composition of the a light vertebral patches with wavy edges on a dark ground colour.

[2] The species can be distinguished from R. ornata genetically and by the strong medial groove on the rostra that can extend between 50-100% of the mental scale on the snout.

A distinguishing trait from R. sexapora, and R. mentalis are the two large elongated pre-anal pores, and the individual enlarged scales forming the cloacal spurs.

The habitat is in the low-lying eastern arid zone where they are prominent in the alluvial floodplains and Eucalyptus and mulga woodlands.

There is limited loss of habitat largely due to agricultural practices, especially from cotton crops; however, these are not expected to cause significant decline.