There, it is known to occur on the islands of Bohol, Mindanao, and in the south of Luzon; it might also be found on other islands as its known range brackets the main chain of the Philippines archipelago.

[3] This arboreal frog has been observed near water in undisturbed forests between 500 and 600 meters above sea level.

[2] It was erroneously described a second time in 1922, under the junior synonym Philautus zamboangensis.

For some time, it was believed that similar frogs from Indonesia and Malaysia also belonged to the present species.

Tadpoles from Borneo were also discussed under the name R. bimaculatus; these actually were of R. cyanopunctatus or R.