It is found in the lower montane zone at elevations of 1,500–2,000 m (4,900–6,600 ft) above sea level on the Pacific versant of Mexico and Guatemala, from Cerro Ovando in southwestern Chiapas (Mexico) to Fraternidad, a village in Esquipulas Palo Gordo, central Guatemala.

[3] It is named after Eizi Matuda, Japanese–Mexican botanist[4] who hosted Hobart Muir Smith and his wife Rozella B. Smith, the collectors of the type series from Cerro Ovando.

The diameter of the tympanum relative to the eye is much larger in males (>4/5) than in females (little more than 1/2).

[2] Its natural habitat is pine-oak forest where it lives terrestrially.

This rare species is potentially threatened by habitat loss.