Found in the Atlantic drainage from
Mexico (in the Mexican states of
Tabasco and
Chiapas) south to the
Canal Zone in
Panama, both slopes of
Costa Rica and Panama. Occurs at elevations of . The
type locality given is "Coban, capitale de la province de la Véra-Paz, (République de Guatemala, Amérique centrale)" (
Cobán,
Alta Verapaz, Guatemala). ==Taxonomy==