Skin is dorsally smooth but has small flat rounded warts.

In breeding individuals, the dorsal colouration is predominantly reddish orange with dark red warts.

[2] The male advertisement call is a series of notes, with the first harmonic dominant at 1.05–1.17 kHz.

[2] Tomopterna luganga occur in moist and drier savanna habitats at elevations up to 1,500 m (4,900 ft) above sea level.

[2] Males call along pool edges and from shallow running sandy streams.