It is endemic to the Andes of Peru and known from near its type locality in the Pachitea Province, as well as from the Cordillera de Carpish, both in the Huánuco Region.

[1][3] The specific name kauneorum honors Andreas, Meeta, and Rebekka Kaune from Germany.

The fingers and toes have no webbing nor lateral fringes; the digital tips are slightly swollen.

Dorsal coloration is glaucous with sepia blotches and stripes; one stripe runs from the beginning of the nose and extends across the upper eyelid to the inguinal region; another one runs dorsolaterally from behind the supratympanic fold to the middle of body.

[4] Agricultural activities, primarily potato cultivation and livestock ranching, are the main threats to it.