This relatively rare frog is found in stream habitats in upland temperate rainforests.

[1] It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation caused by small-scale agricultural development and wood extraction.

The canthus is weakly developed (blunt) and rounded, fully-fledged supra-tympanic fold but the tympanum is indistinct.

Eyes are large (EL 8.5 mm, 28% of HW) with patchy iris and rhombus-shaped pupils.

Dorsal skin is entirely smooth, including the head and lateral parts of the body, and dorsolateral folds absent.