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This species is known from the single locality of Río Tuira at Río Mono in Darién Province, Panama. It has been recorded from five localities in Ecuador and is presumed to occur in Colombia, although it has not yet been recorded. It ranges from 100-1,000m asl.

An arboreal species of humid lowland forest. The single specimen in Panama was collected on a bush in a swamp. The holotype was found at night perched about one and a half meters above the ground in a bush at the edge of a swamp (Duellman and Trueb 1967). A gliding species, the Ecuadorian specimens have been heard calling from bushes overhanging a shallow pond in a banana grove at night (Duellman 2001). It deposits its eggs on the leaves floating on ponds, and larvae jump into the pond and develop in the water. Since it depends on the forest canopy, it is not very adaptable to disturbance.

The species is known only from a single record in Panama. It is considered to be rare in Ecuador.

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Habitat loss and degradation is a major threat in Ecuador, due to agriculture, timber, and human settlement.

• 2.1.2 Small-holder farming
• 2.1.1 Shifting agriculture
• 1.1 Housing & urban areas
• 5.3.5 Motivation Unknown/Unrecorded

The species occurs in Parque Nacional Darién in Panama, and Reserva Ecológica Cotacachi-Cayapas in Ecuador. Further survey work is needed to determine whether or not this species occurs in Colombia, as is predicted. It is listed on CITES Appendix II.

• 2.1 Site/area management

Listed as Vulnerable because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat.

• Duellman, W.E. 2001. The Hylid Frogs of Middle America. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York, USA.
• Duellman, W.E. and Trueb, L. 1967. Two new species of tree frogs (genus Phyllomedusa) from Panama. Copeia: 125-131.
• Ibáñez, R., Solís, F., Jaramillo, C. and Rand, S. 2000. An overwiew of the herpetology of Panama. In: J.D. Johnson, R.G. Webb and O.A. Flores-Villela (eds), Mesoamerican Herpetology: Systematics, Zoogeography and Conservation, pp. 159-170. The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas.
• Young, B., Sedaghatkish, G., Roca, E. and Fuenmayor, Q. 1999. El Estatus de la Conservación de la Herpetofauna de Panamá: Resumen del Primer Taller Internacional sobre la Herpetofauna de Panamá. The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia.