[1] The IUCN classifies this frog as least concern of extinction because of its large range, where it is very common.

[1] Scientists have seen this frog emerging from the same burrows or holes in trees as tarantulas in the genus Pamphobeteus.

The tarantulas touch the reticulated humming frogs with their mouths and then put them back down without biting them.

The frog lives in the tarantula burrow, where it is safe from drying out during the day and where frog-eating predators will not go.

The scientists speculated that this frog may help the tarantulas by eating flies that enter the burrow before they can lay eggs.