It is endemic to India's Western Ghat mountains, north of the Palged Gap.

There is a black-brown mark from the tip of the nose to the eye to the armpit.

[4] This frog has been observed in secondary forest and near coffee farms, among the leaf litter.

Its range includes at least one protected park, Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, but most of the population lives elsewhere.

[1] The frog's Latin name refers to the Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary.