Its distribution is restricted to Huangshan Mountains in Anhui and Jiande and Anji counties in northern Zhejiang.

It was eventually recognized to belong in the genus Odorrana where it is perhaps closely related to O. versabilis and the long-snout torrent frog (O. nasica) which also was for long placed in Amolops.

These frogs' preferred habitat is adjacent to rapidly moving water which produces perpetual low-frequency background noise.

Most frogs have thick eardrums close to the surface of the skin and can only hear frequencies below 12 kilohertz.

To overcome the noise of streams, female concave-eared torrent frogs use eyeblinks to communicate with males to initiate mating.