It is found in the area stretching from the central and southern Sudan southward through South Sudan and central/eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, extreme western Tanzania, Burundi, Malawi, and Zambia to northern Mozambique;[1][2][3] its range might extend into northern Zimbabwe.

[3] The male advertisement call is metallic clicking or a very coarse croak.

[3] Phrynobatrachus perpalmatus occurs in permanently wet habitats in humid savanna, grassland, and rainforest as well as degraded former forest[1] at elevations less than 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level.

[3] It has particular affinity to flooded grassland interspersed with reeds, its presumed breeding habitat.

Believed to be able to survive in wet areas in agricultural land (including rice paddies[3]), it is probably adaptable and not facing other than localized threats.