It occurs in the highlands of the Sierra Madre from southeastern Chiapas, Mexico, and eastward through the central and southwestern highlands of Guatemala to northwestern El Salvador as well as the Sierra de Nombre de Dios in north-central Honduras.

The head is slightly wider than long and as wide as the body; the snout is short.

The heavy supra-tympanic fold covers the upper third of the tympanum.

[4] At daytime, specimens have been collected in the axils of bromeliads and in crevices along stream banks.

Its decline in recent years is likely caused by chytridiomycosis, but also habitat loss is a major threat.