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This species is known only from the type locality, about 40km south of Manaus, in Amazonas State, Brazil.

It is abundant in the one known locality.

It lives in leaf-litter in old-growth forest. Its reproductive habits are unknown, but the larvae are likely to develop in water.

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Logging is a threat to this species.

• 5.3.5 Motivation Unknown/Unrecorded

It is not known to occur within a protected area.

• 1.1 Site/area protection

Listed as Data Deficient since it has only recently been discovered, and there is still very little information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

• Caldwell, J.P., Lima, A.P. and Biavati, G.M. 2002. Descriptions of tadpoles of Colostethus marchesianus and Colostethus caeruleodactylus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from their type localities. Copeia: 166-172.
• Lima, A.P. and Caldwell, J.P. 2001. A new Amazonian species of Colostethus with sky blue digits. Herpetologica: 180-189.
• Lima, A.P., Caldwell, J.P. and Biavati, G.M. 2002. Territorial and reproductive behavior of an Amazonian dendrobatid frog, Colostethus caeruleodactylus. Copeia: 44-51.