The skin of the flanks is dark brown in color with a green lateral stripe from the eye to the groin.

[1][3] Scientists named this frog minutissima, which is Latin for "extremely small."

"[3] Scientists infer that the female frog lays eggs in leaf litter and that, after the eggs hatch, the adult frogs carry the tadpoles to streams.

[1] The IUCN classifies this frog as near threatened because of its small estimated range.

Scientists infer that what threats it faces come from deforestation associated with subsistence logging and from pollution associated with nearby gold mining.