It is endemic to eastern Brazil and is known from Pernambuco and Alagoas in the north and then southward through Bahia to Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo.

[2][3] Earlier records from São Paulo state are now recognized as Stereocyclops parkeri.

[2] The holotype, an adult male, measures 41 mm (1.6 in) in snout–vent length (SVL).

The snout is short, rounded in dorsal view but more acute in profile.

[4] Its natural habitats are primary and secondary forests at elevations below 550 m (1,800 ft).