It is a small and little known, endemic of Mexico, whose taxonomic situation has oscillated for more than a century between considering it a species of its own within an exclusive genus or a simple form of the genus of American yellow frogs, a debate that illustrates well the little studied that continues to be a good part of Mexican quiropterofauna.It lives in dry tropical forest and dirt dirt of a centre and southern section of Mexico, where its small size and its strictly nocturnal activity make it extremely difficult to detect even in areas where it is present.
Very small-sized, yellow-to-gold brown fur, short and rounded ears, and short focico without prominent nasal leaf. It differs from other small frogs in its area mainly by cranial and dental details that in practice require capture for safe identification.
Tropical rainforest dry and dirt, from low lands to mid-mountains. endemic of a section of central and southern Mexico.
Insect-voring, it feeds on small insects captured in flight, like the rest of its group of squirrels.
Night activity, it is known from relatively few records and locations, which limits the detailed knowledge of its social and reproductive behavior.
Its populations are generally considered stable within its endemic distribution area in Mexico, although the scarcity of records makes it difficult to accurately evaluate its population trends.
Deforestation and transformation of dry rainforest by agricultural and livestock expansion in its distribution area.
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