There are glandular ridges along the back and the skin is granular in texture when the newt is living out of water.

The body is brownish, yellowish, or dull green with dark spotting.

[4] This newt is mostly aquatic, living in shallow ponds and streams lined with vegetation.

It is known from oak woodland habitat, scrub, sandy coastal strips, and farms and plantations.

[1] Populations are stable and the species is not considered to be threatened, but in some areas it experiences losses due to the destruction and degradation of its aquatic habitat.