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This species is found only on Palawan Island, in the Philippines. The type locality was at an elevation of 1,500m asl.
It inhabits arboreal microhabitats in riverine habitat in montane and lowland forests. Its breeding biology is unrecorded, but it presumably takes place in water by larval development.
It is apparently rare, and there have been no field observations of this species for more than 40 years, though this may be an artefact of limited survey work.
The loss of lowland rainforest, mainly due to agricultural activities and selective logging, is a major threat to this species.
Although the forests on Palawan are, in general, reasonably well protected in much of the island, more effective protection of the remaining rainforest on the island, especially riverine habitats and gallery forests, is necessary. Further survey work is also needed to establish the current population status of this species.
Listed as Endangered because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 5,000 km2, all individuals are in fewer than five locations, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat on Palawan in the Philippines.
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