[4] This frog lives in grassland and gallery forest habitats, specifically cerrados and savannas, in Serra dos Pacaás Novos in the state of Rondônia.

Scientists observed exclusively near a single stream that flowed through a gallery forest and shrubby grassland.

This park is inside the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Area, which is part of the largest stretch of undisturbed Amazon forest in the state.

[1] The IUCN classifies this frog as vulnerable to extinction, largely due to deforestation in favor of large-scale agriculture, livestock grazing, and other development.

It already occupies the greatest elevations in its area[1] and cannot simply climb to a higher one of the climate should change.