[2][3] Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical moist lowland and monstane forests.

[6] R. maclaudi and R. ziama are considered the two West African taxa, while the other four species are found further east around the Albertine Rift.

[2] Three were encountered in the Ziama Massif of Guinea, while the other was captured in Wonegizi Nature Conservation Unit in Liberia.

[2] Based on the two known locations of occurrence at the time, the species range was feared to be as small as 32 km2 (12 sq mi)[2] There are concerns that its habitat in Liberia could have been damaged by the Second Liberian Civil War.

[2] In 2006, a fifth specimen was captured in Sierra Leone, extending the range of occurrence by 450 km (280 mi).