Limbs are well developed; hind legs are slightly longer than forelegs.

Dorsal colour is light brown, sides are slightly darker.

[2] Its natural habitat are cloud forests between 1000 and 2000 meters elevation, where it lives in bromeliads.

[1] Chiropterotriton cracens only known from the El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, a protected area.

The reasons for this decline are unknown but could relate to climate change or disease (e.g.