Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands View distribution map using BerkeleyMapper.

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IUCN (Red List) status: Least Concern (LC).
For Red List information on this species, see the IUCN species account.

From the IUCN Red List Species Account:   Range Description This species is found throughout the Solomon Islands, including Bougainville and Buka in Papua New Guinea. It occurs from coastal areas up to 700m asl. Habitat and Ecology It is a scansorial species living in tropical rainforest, and also in rural gardens and degraded habitats. It breeds by direct development, with the eggs deposited in vegetation above the ground. Population It is a very common species. Population Trend Stable Major Threats It is probably not threatened, unless there are any negative impacts of invasive species, or from serious clear-cutting. Conservation Actions The impacts of logging on the species need to be documented. It is not known from any protected areas. Citation Fred Parker, Stephen Richards 2004. Batrachylodes vertebralis. In: IUCN 2012   IUCN Terms of Use