It is arboreal and lives along streams in primary rainforest. Its breeding biology is unknown, but it presumably builds nests on land in close proximity to streams, as tadpoles are aquatic (like other members of its genus). It relies on good rainforest and does not occur in disturbed forest (M.-O. Rödel pers. comm. June 2012).

This species ranges from central Sierra Leone, through Liberia, southern Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire, to southern Ghana in the Guinea Forest Block. Its elevational range varies between 100-700 m asl (L. Sandberger and M.-O. Rödel pers. comm. June 2012). It is known from numerous sites. This frog is well surveyed and it is unlikely that it occurs in other areas (L. Sandberger pers. comm. June 2012). Although its range covers a large area (ca 207,911 km²), its area of occupancy (AOO) based on a 4 km² cell is estimated to be 236 km² (J. Penner pers. comm. September 2013).

It occurs in several protected areas, including Gola and Kambui Forest Reserves in Sierra Leone, Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire, Haute Dodo and Cavally Classified Forests in Côte d’Ivoire, and Bobiri Forest Reserve in Ghana. Additional habitat protection outside of protected areas is required. More information is needed on this species' population status and natural history.