[1][2][3] The specific name delalandii honours Pierre Antoine Delalande, a French explorer and naturalist who collected in the Cape area in 1818.

[4] Tomopterna delalandii is a robust-bodied species with toad-like appearance and gait.

The upper parts vary in colouration from light grey to dark brown, usually with a mottled appearance and a pale patch between the shoulders.

Breeding takes place in both temporary and semi-permanent bodies of water found in pans, pools, vleis and dams, in flat, sandy areas.

It can be locally threatened by habitat loss caused by the spread of alien vegetation and agricultural and urban expansion.