This species is known only from the type locality of "between Chachapoyas and Bagua Grande Alva, 500m asl, Amazonas Department, Peru" (Rivero 1991). It is not known if it ranges more widely than this.
Author:
Javier Icochea, Ariadne Angulo, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Robert Reynolds
Compiler:
Javier Icochea, Ariadne Angulo, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Robert Reynolds
Javier Icochea, Ariadne Angulo, Karl-Heinz Jungfer, Robert Reynolds 2004. Colostethus poecilonotus. In: IUCN 2010 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4 . <www.iucnredlist.org>