[2] The specific name tanneri honours John and Lucie Tanner, owners of a tea estate in Mazumbai (the type locality[2]) and noted for welcoming visiting zoologist.

[5] In this case, the plural form tannerorum would have been technically correct,[5][3] and in his later work Arne Schiøtz [fr], the scientist who described the species in 1982, amended the spelling accordingly.

[3][4] In addition to sexual size dimorphism, males differ from females by having rather large, smooth gular flap.

[1] This species is believed to be decreasing because of habitat loss, caused by agricultural expansion, logging and expanding human settlements.

Because the species is only known from two sites in one location suffering from habitat loss, it has been assessed as "Critically Endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).