This is a small salamander (up to 10 cm total length) that lives in clear, cold, mountain streams.

Torrent salamanders typically have short snouts and relatively large eyes.

As in other torrent salamanders, adult males have square-edged lobes behind the cloaca.

During rainy seasons, they are occasionally found under objects on land away from streams.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rivers, and freshwater springs.