[2] Amnirana albolabris occurs in West Africa (from west to east: Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria) and in Middle Africa (from north to south and east: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and Kenya).

The western component includes most of the West African populations and is the sister taxon of Amnirana fonensis.

The Central African component also includes the Nigerian populations and is the sister taxon of Amnirana asperrima.

The name Amnirana albolabris therefore refers to the Central African component.

West African populations breed in large temporary ponds and in permanent streams, while the central African ones breed in still-water ponds, marshes, raphia swamps and creeks.