The vegetation at this locality is mature cloud forest with bryophytes and ferns (Boza-Oviedo et al. 2012). All known localities are near bodies of water (Boza-Oviedo et al. 2012). The activity period is at night when individuals move on leaf litter and plants, whereas during the daytime individuals are inactive within bromeliads (Boza-Oviedo et al. 2012). It presumably breeds by direct development as with other species in the genus. Its tolerance to habitat disturbance remains unknown (Cachi pers. comm. September 2019).

This species is known from two nearby localities in mature cloud forest on the Caribbean slope of the Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica, between 1,680-2,100 m asl (Boza-Oviedo et al. 2012). It is likely restricted to the vicinity of known sites (G. Chaves pers. comm. September 2019) and its estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) is 34 km².

Conservation Actions In-Place
The distribution of the species is within the protected area, Parque Internacional La Amistad. It is considered Least Concern on the Costa Rica National Red List (Chaves et al. 2014).

Conservation Needed
Proactive, precautionary steps should be taken to detect the arrival of Bsal in Costa Rica and to establish a baseline by including the swabbing of salamanders encountered during routine amphibian monitoring activities in the country (Costa Rica Red List Assessment Workshop 2019).

Research Needed
Further research into its distribution, ecology, and population trends should be carried out for this species (Chaves et al. 2014).