[3][4] Originally described from the eponymous Rakhine Mountains in Myanmar, it is now understood as also being present in Bangladesh and north-eastern India.

The toes have thick webbing and extensive dermal fringing reaching to their tips.

[2] In Myanmar, Leptobrachium rakhinense occurs in primary evergreen rain forest on low-lying mountains at elevations of 600–900 m (2,000–3,000 ft) above sea level.

Males have been observed calling from the ground in leaf litter in September, in the end of the monsoon season, and females collected at the same time were gravid.

[2] This species is likely affected by habitat degradation associated with shifting agriculture and logging.