Its type locality, Kuatun village (Guadun in modern spelling) in Wuyishan, Fujian.

It is endemic to central, southern and eastern China where it has a wide but scattered distribution (southern Shaanxi, southern Gansu, eastern Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan, and Fujian); records from Vietnam probably refer to Amolops mengyangensis.

[2] Amolops chunganensis is a common species in suitable habitat.

It is a territorial frog found in hill forests and on boulders along streams during the breeding season.

It is not considered threatened by the IUCN although it is impacted by habitat destruction; it is also collected for local consumption.