The red-eyed tree frog is a uniform bright green above, occasionally with yellow spots, and bright yellow on the underside. The front sides of the arms and legs are green, while the underside is yellow or white. The thighs may be blue/purple to blue/black in colour in adults. It has golden eyes at the centre, which change to red towards the edge of the eye. The intensity of the eye colour is variable between frogs. The
tympanum is visible, and a mature frog reaches a size of 65 mm. The
tadpoles are generally grey or brown, and can have gold
pigment along the side. A similar species, the
orange-thighed frog (
Litoria xantheroma) is found north of
Proserpine and has orange on the back of the thighs. ==Ecology and behaviour==