It is a terrestrial species that lives in tropical semi-deciduous forest and premontane cloud forest, but can also survive in shaded coffee plantations. The type series was found in bromeliads in forest and in leaf-litter in coffee plantations. The species was associated with red bananas, although this is perhaps a habitat where it was easiest to locate. It reproduces by direct development.

This species occurs on the Pacific slope of the Sierra Madre del Sur de Guerrero at the Río Atoyac drainage, in the northern areas of Puerto del Gallo, Mexico (Papenfuss et al. 1983). It has also been recorded from the Sierra de Tecpan (J. Jones and Ivan Ahumada pers. obs. 2017). This species occurs between 765–2,800 m asl, although this upper limit is unlikely to be correct (S. Rovito pers comm 2019). Its extent of occurrence (EOO) is 1,122 km².

Conservation Actions
This species has not been recorded in any protected areas. It is protected by Mexican law under the "Special Protection" category (Pr).

Research Needed
Further work would improve estimates of population size, distribution and trends.