This species inhabits humid lowland forest and is arboreal, living in bromeliads and bananas. It can survive in secondary forest, provided that it is not very degraded. It is presumed to breed by direct development and is not dependent upon water.

This species ranges from western Panama adjacent to southeastern Costa Rica, through central Panama and the eastern lowlands, into western Colombia (south to Department of Nariño; Mueses-Cisneros and Moreno-Quintero 2012), and at San Luis, Río Claro, in the Magdalena Valley, Antioquia Department, at 470 m asl. It lives in the Atlantic lowlands of Panama below 500 m asl, and also occurs on Gorgona Island, Colombia, and Colón Island, Panama. The first country records for Ecuador have been provided from Maquipucuna Reserve and 20 km south of Rio Guajalito Protected Forest between ca. 1,250-1,300 m asl (Cisneros-Heredia 2006).

Conservation Actions In-Place
The species is known to occur in the following protected areas in Panama: Nusagandi, Parque Nacional Darién, Parque Nacional Chagres, and Parque Nacional Palo Seco. In Colombia, it is found within Parque Nacional Gorgona (Urbina-C. and Londoño-M. 2003) and Reserva Natural Biotopo Selva Húmeda (Mueses-Cisneros and Moreno-Quintero 2012). In Ecuador, it has been recorded from Reserva Maquipucuna (Cisneros-Heredia 2006).

Conservation Needed
Proactive, precautionary steps should be taken to detect the arrival of Bsal in Panama, Colombia and/or Ecuador and to establish a baseline by including the swabbing of salamanders encountered during routine amphibian monitoring activities in these countries.

Research Needed
Additional taxonomic research is recommended in light of cryptic species potentially present in this complex.