Author: Kottelat & Tan, 2008
Comments: Found in various habitats, with different substrates (including peat), but most abundant in streams with clear tannin-stained water on white sandy bottom; observed resting on the sand substrate or diving into it.  This species has occasionally been collected at the same localities as <i>Kottelatlimia pristes</i>,  but it does not occupy the same habitat, the latter was not observed on sandy substrate but on or inside peat, soil and leave litter (Ref. 79884).