[2] The specific name honours the collector of the type series: "Hylarana" latouchii was described by George Albert Boulenger based on three specimens collected by Irish ornithologist John D. La Touche in Guadun village in Wuyishan, Fujian, China.

[3] Hylarana latouchii is found in southern and eastern China and Taiwan.

[2] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist montane forests, rivers, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, water storage areas, ponds, open excavations, irrigated land, and canals and ditches.

[1] Hylarana latouchii is a small frog that may grow up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in snout-vent length.

Hylarana latouchii is reproductively active throughout the year in Taiwan.