[3][4] It is found in lower montane rainforests on the Amazonian Andean slopes in Ecuador and Peru.

[4] The male advertisement call is a single, monotone note, without amplitude modulation.

Individuals have been found at night on the upper surfaces of leaves of trees and herbs, about 1.5 to 4 metres above streams.

[1][5] Egg clutches are laid in vegetation where they may fall victim to predation from spiders.

[5] The species is threatened by habitat loss caused by smallholder farming and logging.