Scientists have seen it in the Wondiwoi Mountains in Papua Province.

[2] It is named after the collector of the two holotypes and who guided the scientists on their studies in the Wondiwoi Mountains: Genus Mareku, from Yeretuar village.

[4] The two adult male holotypes were 25.5 and 26.5 mm long in snout-urostyle length with smooth dorsal skin.

[4] This species lives in the Wandammen Peninsula in primary rainforest.

The two frogs in the original description were found in shrubs not far from a stream and swamp.