Liomys salvini is found along the Pacific slope in the southern Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas south through Central Costa Rica. From the Pacific Slope, the range extends significantly inland in Southern Guatemala, Southern Honduras, and Nicaragua. It is usually found from the lowlands to elevations of 1500 meters.

 

(Reid, 1997)

 

Biogeographic Regions: Neotropical; Neotropical :: Native