Localities from which it has been recorded include Nuwara Eliya, Hakgala, Pattipola, Ohiya, Horton Plains, Hewaheta, Dimbula, Agarapathana, and Adam's Peak.

The rostral appendage is long, horn-like, about two thirds the length of the snout in males, but is reduced or even absent in females.

When weather conditions are too harsh they tend to take refuge inside the mosses that are abundant in the Cloud Forests.

[3] Tree barks with different shades (grays and browns) and mosaics of lichens & mosses provide the ideal background for C. stoddartii to merge with.

Higher perch height of the adult males can be assigned as a feature of territorial defense and attracting the females.