Characteristics: Small species, measuring 2.3cm to 2.8cm. Its back is brown or orangish-brown, with two wide white side grooves going from its elongated snout to its waist.

Distribution: Southern and Southeastern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and parts of Argentina.

Habitat: Formations open to forests, in edges and clearings in the riparian and gallery forests, and lake and swamp edges.

Habits: Crepuscular, nocturnal, and arboreal. It prefers more shaded areas, such as forest edges, found in undergrowth near streams and puddles. During the spawning period, it is found in low grasses near small, permanent and temporary water bodies.

Diet: Insects and arachnids.

Breeding: Oviparous and uses temporary accumulations of stagnant water to spawn in. Mating is dependent on rainfall, with reproductive activity decreasing during dry periods. Spawning adds up to 200-400 small brown and white eggs laid on aquatic vegetation.

UFRA: Species seen only in wetlands with herbaceous plants and restored native forests amid vegetation surrounding water bodies.