It is found in an area stretching from Guyana and northern Brazil (Roraima state) through Venezuela (including Isla Margarita) and Colombia into Panama as well as the Dutch Caribbean.

[2] The common name "four-eyed frog" refers to two inguinal poison glands that resemble eyes.

When the frog adopts this posture, the poison glands are also raised toward the predator.

The predator may also confuse the frog's raised posterior for the head of a larger animal.

[4] The natural habitat of the Colombian four-eyed frog is open savanna and grassland.