It is a medium sized salamander, with a very long tail wich is prehensile. Its skin is smooth with black spots over a greenish yellow background. This salamander is active at nigth. It seems to have arboreal habits because it is usually found on tree branches or tree ferns above 1.5m. Veracruz green salamander 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. It is endemic to the States of Puebla and Veracruz, and it is a critically endangered species, threatened by deforestation.