This species occurs in mountains of Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and northwest Venezuela (Woods and Kilpatrick, 2005). It is found in several departments in the Andes region of Colombia from 1,500-3,700 m asl (Alberico et al., 2000). There is one record from San Juanito (14°48'16"S, 68°44'8"W) Bolivia (Ríos-Uzeda et al. 2004).