It is endemic to India and has been observed high in the Nilgiri Massif mountains.

Like other frogs in Raorchestes, it breeds through direct development with no free-swimming tadpole stage.

[1] Scientists classify this frog as critically endangered because of its small range, which is subject to ongoing degradation.

Human beings also convert the grassland to plantations for eucalyptus, wattle, and pine lumber.

Tourists visiting nearby national parks leave plastic garbage, and incoming residents to the area have brought domesticated and feral cats, which prey on this frog.