A thin cream-colored line, extending from the groin to the eye, separates the brown and black areas.

Males call from their territories on the forest floor in early morning and late afternoon.

Males carry the newly hatched tadpoles to streams where they continue development.

It is threatened by chytridiomycosis, which has killed other amphibians nearby, and habitat loss in favor of agriculture, cattle grazing, and logging.

Nearby gold mining also pollutes the water upon which the frogs rely.