It is endemic to Ecuador and only known from the vicinity of its type locality in the Tapichalaca Biological Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province.

[3][4] It is named after the type locality, which is a reserve owned by the Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco.

[2] The male advertisement call consists of a single, unpulsed note of variable duration (0.14–0.19 seconds).

One specimen assumed a posture where the white markings in the posterior surfaces of the elbows, heels, and vent were exposed.

[2] The type locality is a small cascading stream in montane cloud forest.