[1] The scientific name comes from the Gubbi Gubbi language of southern Queensland, ‘kunda’ meaning mountain and ‘gungan’ meaning frog.

Its natural habitats are subtropical montane rainforests and rivers.

It lives in remnant rainforest pockets in the mountains of south-east Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales, including the Main Range and Teviot Range, and its distribution is severely fragmented.

A lot of the species' habitat is being reserved and protected from timber harvesting.

Also, disturbances from upstream that affect hydrological processes or water quality.