The skin of the dorsum is dark brown or red-brown in color with a red stripe from the nose to the middle of each flank.

When it is time to lay eggs, the adult frogs climb down to pools of water near streams.

The frog is threatened by firewood collection and conversion of forest to both small- and large-scale farms, including those for cash crops like tea, cinnamon, rubber, and palm oil.

The pesticides and fertilizers involved can also kill the frog directly.. Small hydroelectric projects also disrupt its habitat.

The frog lives in the only part of South Asia that scientists classify as "perhumid": It has a short dry season and large amounts of rain, which create unique forests.