[1][2][3] It is endemic to the Western Ghats south of the Shencottah Gap in Tamil Nadu, India; it is known from Kodayar and Kakkachi (Tirunelveli district).

[1][2] Adult females, based on the holotype and two paratypes, measure 25.1–25.6 mm (0.99–1.01 in) in snout–vent length.

The finger and toe tips bear relatively wide discs.

[1] The female holotype was carrying 20 creamy white ova with black reticulations measuring about 1 mm in diameter.

[1] Micrixalus kodayari inhabits shallow water of streams covered with forest canopy.