[1][5] The specific name annae honors Ann S. Duellman, the collector of the holotype and the describer's wife.

There may be a subpopulation in the Cerro Colorado range in western Panama, as suggested by a single female being found there (2012).

[1] Agalychnis annae is fairly common in parts of the Central Valley, but in other undisturbed forests, like those in the Tapantí National Park and the Monteverde Biological Reserve, after it disappeared from pristine areas in 1980, it became uncommon except in some places.

Also, this includes protected areas such as Parque Nacional Tapantí and the Reserva Biológica Monteverde.

[7] This local extinction may be associated with climate change or with the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis which causes chytridiomycosis, a devastating disease among frog populations in Central America.