Description

30-40 mm. Tympanum distinct, 2/5-1/2 of eye diameter. Tibiotarsal articulation reaches the tympanum or the eye. Toe 3 at least slightly longer than toe 5. Body flattened, especially in specimens from north-eastern Madagascar. Skin on the back smooth. Dorsum light brown to beige, often with a vertebral line. Venter whitish (Glaw and Vences 2007).

Similar species: Several other Platypelis and Cophyla phyllodactyla also can have a vertebral line but most of these are smaller and do not usually live in Pandanus (Glaw and Vences 2007).

Taken with permission from Glaw and Vences (2007) and Andreone et. al (2008).