[2] It is native to the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero state, around the towns of Asoleadero and Carrizal de Bravo.

[1] Its natural habitat is oak-pine-fir cloud forest dominated by large bromeliad-covered oaks.

It takes daytime refuge in fallen logs.

The species' specific descriptor is named after Mixcoatl, a pre-Columbian deity figure among a number of central Mexican cultures such as the Otomi and Nahua.

The Classical Nahuatl word mixcōātl has the meaning of "cloud serpent".