This nocturnal species has been found on low to mid vegetation (up to 2 m above the ground), on bromeliads, and on the ground of lower montane cloud forest. It breeds by direct development and is not dependent upon water. It is unlikely to be tolerant of anthropogenic habitat disturbance (Honduras Red List Assessment Workshop March 2019). This species has extreme sexual dimorphism (J. Townsend pers. comm. March 2019).

This species is known only from the Sierra de Omoa on the Atlantic versant of north-western Honduras at 1,300-2,200 m asl. It is almost certainly endemic to the Sierra de Omoa (Honduras Red List Assessment Workshop March 2019). The habitat in lower elevation areas is highly fragmented due to urbanisation and agriculture, but it is possible that there is still connectivity between subpopulations (Honduras Red List Assessment Workshop March 2019). Its extent of occurrence is 137 km², which represents one threat-defined location.

Conservation Actions In-Place
This species occurs in Parque Nacional El Cusuco and Reserva de Merendón. Parque Nacional El Cusuco is one of the few areas of Honduras that has regular patrolling by park rangers supported by Panthera and Operation Wallacea; the rangers patrol the southern portion of the park and effectively report any illegal activities (F. Castañeda pers. comm. March 2019). Operation Wallacea has been conducting annual biodiversity monitoring in Parque Nacional El Cusuco since 2005 (J. Kolby pers. comm. March 2019). UNAH-VS and the environmental division of San Pedro Sula municipality are conducting biodiversity monitoring of Merendón water production forest and building capacity in the area, and has plans to extend this to Parque Nacional El Cusuco (L. Herrera pers. comm. March 2019). The municipality of San Pedro Sula has an active ranger team protecting the watersheds and fighting forest fires in the Merendón water production forest and the southern portion of Parque Nacional El Cusuco (L. Herrera and F. Castañeda pers. comm. March 2019).

Conservation Needed
While the protection of the south-eastern portion of Parque Nacional El Cusuco has been improved in recent years, there is still a need for additional protection and enforcement of the remaining habitat in the area (e.g., north-western portion; (F. Castañeda pers. comm. March 2019). Improved enforcement and management of the national parks and the elimination of incentives to convert forest (e.g., Decreto 37-2016) is urgently needed to halt anthropogenic land use change in the national parks and reserves of Honduras (Honduras Red List Assessment Workshop March 2019). Proactive, precautionary steps should be taken to detect the arrival of Bsal in Honduras and to establish a baseline by including the swabbing of salamanders encountered during routine amphibian monitoring activities in the country (Honduras Red List Assessment Workshop March 2019). In addition to regular monitoring, the general public can also support these efforts through reporting any dead salamanders to the iNaturalist global project: Saving Salamanders with Citizen Science (J. Kolby pers. comm. March 2019).

Research Needed
Further survey work is needed to determine the current population status of this species, as well as the possible impacts of chytrid fungi. Another avenue for future research includes natural history studies.