[2][3] The specific name stadelmani honors Raymond Edward Stadelman, curator at the Tela serpentarium[4] and naturalist at the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

[3] Craugastor stadelmani occurs in premontane and lower montane wet forests at elevations of 1,125–1,900 m (3,691–6,234 ft) above sea level.

[1][3] Reproduction takes place through direct development (i.e., without free-living larval stage) on the ground along streams.

[1][3] In 2004, the species was considered critically endangered, even possibly extinct, with no recent observations from the surveyed sites.

The decline was probably caused by habitat loss, although chytridiomycosis may also have played a role, given that the species disappeared also from pristine sites; several populations occurred within protected areas.