It is presumed that it will ultimately be returned to the genus Ranoidea along with the other members of the former Litoria aurea species complex.

The reasons behind its drastic decline are unclear, but the disease chytridiomycosis is suspected to have played a major role.

[1] However, in late 2009 New South Wales Fisheries field scientist Luke Pearce located a surviving population of the frogs.

Soon after, the wild colony was eradicated due to two consecutive floods and an outbreak of chytrid fungus.

Following a breeding program at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, in early 2018, a colony of yellow-spotted bell frogs was released in a secret location in the New South Wales' southern tablelands.