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This species is known only from the middle-upper slopes of Tam Dao in northern Viet Nam, at about 900-1,100m asl. It is likely to range more widely, but its distribution is still very poorly known.

It is known from sloping boulder streams, in which it breeds, in closed evergreen forest.

It is not particularly rare at the type locality, but it has not been found or reported elsewhere despite being highly distinctive and visible, suggesting that it is a highly localized species.

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The only known streams inhabited by this species are downstream from Tam Dao village, which is a growing tourist destination, with inherent risk of pollution and development affecting the species. Forest in the town's vicinity continues to be gradually but extensively modified by collecting for subsistence and local and regional trade.

• 5.3.5 Motivation Unknown/Unrecorded
• 1.3 Tourism & recreation areas
• 6.1 Recreational activities
• 1.1 Housing & urban areas
• 9.3.4 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
• 5.2.4 Motivation Unknown/Unrecorded
• 7.1.3 Trend Unknown/Unrecorded
• 9.1.1 Sewage
• 9.1.3 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
• 7.2.11 Dams (size unknown)

The only known population of this species inhabits a national park. Tourism and local development within the national park should be carefully managed and regulated.

• 2.1 Site/area management
• 2.3 Habitat & natural process restoration

Listed as Data Deficient since it has only recently been discovered, and there is still very little information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

• BirdLife International. 2001. Sourcebook of existing and proposed protected areas in Vietnam. Website www.wing-wbsj.or.jp/~vietnam.
• Lathrop, A., Murphy, R.W., Orlov, N.L. and Cuc, T.H. 1998. Two new species of Leptolalax (Anura: Megophryidae) from northern Vietnam. Amphibia-Reptilia: 253-267.
• Ohler, A., Marquis, O., Swan, S. and Grosjean, S. 2000. Amphibian biodiversity of Hoang Lien Nature Reserve (Lao Cai Province, northern Viet Nam) with description of two new species. Herpetozoa: 71-87.
• Orlov, N.L., Khalikov, R.G., Murphy, R.W. and Lathrop, A. 2000. Atlas of Megophryids (Megophryidae: Anura: Amphibia) of Vietnam. CD-ROM.