This hipposiderid bat occurs on New Guinea. The handbook account treats several subspecies spanning Indonesian West Papua and Papua New Guinea.
The posterior noseleaf projects beneath the anterior leaf toward the upper lip, and the leaves bear club-shaped processes.
Records are from primary and secondary forest at 30–2,440 m. It roosts in deep, damp limestone caves in small colonies. Insect prey is reported as probable.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.