It is endemic to southern Ecuador and occurs in the inter-Andean valleys and on the western slopes of the Andes.

[3] This frog lives in cloud forests in valleys high in the Andes mountains.

It also lives in open areas where livestock graze, in parks, and in human-made gardens.

[4][2][3] The frog's known range includes several protected parks, for example Parque Nacional Cajas, Parque Nacional Río Negro Sopladora, Páramo, Matorral Interandino, Bosque Montano Oriental, and Bosque Montano Occidental.

Scientists believe this could be attributable to the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, but this has not been definitively confirmed.