It is a very small frog living on the forest floor where it hides under the leaf litter. Its skin is slightly rugous with a brown color and some dark bars on its hind limbs. It can be foud only in well preserved forest with abundant leaf litter. It is a very agile frog, being able to jump quicky enough to escape from predators. It is a direct developing frog, fully developed tiny frogs emerge when its eggs hatch without going through the larval stage. It inhabits in cloudforests from south Mexico and Guatemala.