From the IUCN Red List Species Account:

Range Description

This species is known only from the type specimen, from Bismarcksburg, Togo. Animals found in the Togo-Volta Highlands of eastern Ghana might possibly be referred to by this name.

Habitat and Ecology

Assuming that the animals in the Togo-Volta Highlands do belong to this species, then it is abundant in secondary habitats, as well as in lowland forests. Like other members of the genus, it presumably breeds by direct development, and is not dependent upon water.

Population

There is no direct information on its population status, and there have been no records in many years, but this is probably largely due to the severe taxonomic problems associated with Arthroleptis species which makes it extremely hard to identify the species in many parts of Africa. However, if the animals in the Togo-Volta Highlands belong to this species, then it is abundant.

Population Trend

Unknown

Major Threats

There is no direct information on threats to this species, although if the animals in the Togo-Volta Highlands belong to this species, then it is probably not seriously threatened.

Conservation Actions

It is not known from any protected areas.

Taxonomic Notes

There are major taxonomic problems with the genus Arthroleptis through much of Africa. In many cases, the available names can be referred only to museum specimens, not to animals in the field. This is because the identification of these species frequently depends more on their vocalizations than their morphology.

Citation

Mark-Oliver Rödel 2004. Arthroleptis brevipes. In: IUCN 2012