[1][2][3][4] It is found in southeastern coast of South Africa[1][2][3][4] and southern Mozambique.

[2] The specific name poweri honours John Hyacinth Power, Irish-born director of the McGregor Museum (Kimberley, South Africa) who collected amphibians as well as reptiles and plants.

[6] Hyperolius poweri was described by Arthur Loveridge in 1938 based on material from near Stanger in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

[2] It belongs to the taxonomically difficult Hyperolius nasutus group.

[4] Hyperolius poweri occurs in association with emergent vegetation at the margins of swamps, rivers and lakes in savanna and grassland habitats.