It is found in southeastern Nigeria, southwestern Cameroon, and on the island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea).

The tympanum is very small and rather indistinct, and without tympanic papilla (present in breeding males of many other Petropedetes species).

[5] The male advertisement call is a whistle or a trill that drowns the noise of flowing water.

[5] Petropedetes cameronensis lives near and in flowing water, for example on stones in a fast-flowing stream and in rapids and waterfalls.

[5] Petropedetes cameronensis is a fairly common species, but it is threatened by habitat loss caused by agricultural development, logging, and growing human settlements.