It is known from Camamu, its type locality, and from the Serra Bonita Private Reserve of Natural Heritage in Camacan/Pau Brasil.

[3][4][5] The specific name crucis honors Carlos Alberto Gonçalves da Cruz, a Brazilian herpetologist.

[2] The male advertisement call consists of multi-pulsed notes produced in series lasting 6–14 seconds.

[4] The type series was collected in a temporary pool at 120 m (390 ft) above sea level.

[1] The Serra Bonita population was found during breeding in a temporary pond inside a fragment of Atlantic Forest and in a larger pond on the banks of a dirt road across an agroforestry system consisting of cocoa and native shade trees.