It is endemic to Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.

There are many rounded warts on the upper surfaces; the belly is granular.

[3] The species' natural habitats are moist montane and sub-alpine forests[1] at elevations of 1,600–3,480 m (5,250–11,420 ft) above sea level—the highest of all Bornean amphibians.

[3] Adults are terrestrial; the tadpoles presumably develop in streams.

This rarely encountered species occurs in the Kinabalu Park, which is well protected.