The remains of Yaksha perettii are the best preserved of all albanerpetontids, which usually consist of isolated fragments or crushed flat, and have provided significant insights in the morphology and lifestyle of the group.

[1] The paratype specimen was originally described in 2016 amongst a collection of fossil lizard species from Burmese amber, and was initially identified as a stem-chameleon.

[2] However Professor Susan E. Evans, a researcher who has extensively worked on albanerpetontids, recognised the specimen as belonging to the group.

The adult skull was found with an associated hyoid entoglossal process, a long, rod like bone situated in the oral cavity, which was embedded in remnant tongue tissue.

[1]Yaksha perettii was found to be in a derived position within Albanerpetontidae, similar to Shirerpeton, nested between the Early Cretaceous and Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic species of Albanerpeton.