It is endemic to Hispaniola and known from scattered locations in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

[2] The holotype, an adult male, measured 49 mm (1.9 in) in snout–vent length.

Skin is glandular and finely warty above, with best developed warts on sides of body.

Males call from closed underground chambers where the eggs are also laid.

However, it has declined even in suitable habitats, and factors such as invasive predators, climate change, and chytridiomycosis might also play a role.