It is found in Tale Wildlife Sanctuary located in the Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh, India.

The new species was first erroneously reported as Xenophrys maosonensis from Arunachal Pradesh in 2019 due to overlapping morphological characters and limited molecular evidence.

A revisionary study was undertaken for the specimen from Arunachal Pradesh to ascertain its species status.

This revisionary study involved a thorough re-examination of the specimen and a robust phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily Megophryinae, using 142 sequences of mt 16S rRNA.

This resulted in the conclusion that the earlier report of Xenophrys maosonensis from India was incorrect.