It is a big and robust salamander, with a long body. It has a smooth skin with an orange dorsum and black belly. This species also belongs to the group of lungless salamanders, which means that it breaths only through skin, that is why its skin must be always humid. It is a direct developing amphibian; tiny fully developed salamanders emerge from its eggs. Mushroom tongue salamander is the only species of salamander in Cuetzalan which seems to be tolerant to disturbed areas. It inhabits the States of San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca y Chiapas.