[2] It is endemic to Borneo, including Brunei Darussalam, Kalimantan (Indonesia), Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia), although it is likely to occur more widely.

[2] Previously mixed with Chalcorana chalconota (treated as a junior synonym or a subspecies) and believed to have much wider distribution, its range was delimited to Borneo in the revision of "Rana chalconota" complex by Robert Inger and colleagues in 2009.

Tadpoles are conspicuous with dark markings and red gills on light brown to yellow background; presumably, they are poisonous.

[4] Chalcorana raniceps inhabits a broad range of lowland primary and secondary rainforest habitats.

Males call in small groups from twigs and vegetation 0.5–1.5 m above the ground.