Males 31-37 mm, females 40-42 mm. Males have a yellow or cream dorsum and the belly is yellow to whitish. Females have brown to gray dorsums and cream bellies. Both sexes have dark-brown longitudinal spots on the dorsum and yellow to orange spots on a dark background in the inguinal region and thigh. The iris is bronze to gray.
 
Similar species: Scinax boesemani differs in not having yellow or orange spots in the inguinal region and thighs, and in having a brown dorsum.