Adult: Species description based on Boulenger's (1912) description printed in Cochran and Goin (1970). A small frog (to 27 mm). Dorsal: Dorsal coloration is brown with two dark stripes on either side that extend from the eye to the groin, as well as a second, shorter dark stripe extending from the eye above the longer stripe. Individuals also have thin, light middorsal stripe within a broader, dark middorsal stripe. Some additional dark vertical bars are present below the eye, and the thighs are barred. The sides are darker brown than the upper surface of the dorsum. The skin of the dorsum is smooth. Ventral: The ventral surface is white, with some brown mottling on the throat.