Sitana gokakensis has a darker head compared to its body, with a dark brown dorsum and blue and dark pink coloration. Its iris is yellow with cream-colored tympanum. The dorsal side has five black blotches, with brick-red flanks and cream-colored enlarged scales on the flank and thigh. The belly is off-white with brown speckles. Limbs are dark brown with red suffusion dorsally and cream-colored ventrally. The lower jaw is mostly cream, with dark blue coloration starting from the mentum and extending to the midline of the dewlap, which is white with brown-speckled scales.
Sitana gokakensis is only known from the open rocky habitat in Gokak plateau. The habitat is xeric and is dominated by thorny and dwarf succulent species. Breeding males were recorded during May and August months.