[1][3] The specific name is a Latin adjective meaning "living in high mountains", in reference to its relatively high-altitude habitats.

[2] Based on molecular evidence, the species was transferred from Oxydactyla to Copiula in 2016.

The side of the head and the eyelids are darker, approaching black.

There is also a dark brown streak that begins behind the eye, broadens as it passes above and behind the indistinct tympanum, and fades into the ground color posteriorly.

[2] Its natural habitats are montane forests where it occurs on saturated ground under moss.