It is found along the Pacific slopes from southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico, through Chiapas and south-central Guatemala (Las Nubes range); also in the Grijalva Depression in western Guatemala and on Cerro Azul in northwestern Honduras.

[3] Norman Hartweg named this species after Eizi Matuda, Japanese–Mexican botanist[4] and his host in Chiapas.

The head and dorsal surface of body are dark grayish brown, while the sides are lighter but posteriorly mottled with black.

[2] Its natural habitats are pine-oak, cloud, and tropical rain forests at elevations of 900–2,000 m (3,000–6,600 ft) above sea level.

It is typically found in low vegetation with abundant leaf litter along small mountain streams.