There is usually a pale yellow or yellow-green stripe down the back, and a dark streak runs from the snout, through the eye and the tympanum, breaking up down the flanks.

The backs of the thighs are dark, almost black, with large white, with some flecks brown on the throat and chest.

University of Queensland researchers have discovered that their cell metabolism changes during a dormancy period, allowing the frogs to maximize the use of their limited energy resources without depleting them completely.

Males call from around the grassy edges of temporary pools and ditches.

This species may be confused with Ranoidea australis but can be distinguished by the lateral skin folds on either side of the dorsal surface.