The latter was emitted by a male in amplexus with a female in a collection bag.

[4] This species has a very limited range of a merely few square kilometers at the type locality, in the Páramo de Mucubají, in the Sierra de Santo Domingo, Venezuelan Andes.

It is usually found within grasses and Espeletia, and along streams, its breeding habitat.

It has also been found in cloud forest, but this is not considered its preferred habitat.

The decline is likely because of chytridiomycosis together with other negative factors: introduced trout, introduced conifers, fires caused by humans, over collection, agriculture and infrastructure development, and pollution.