From the IUCN Red List Species Account:

Range Description

This species is known only from Jingdong and Yongde counties in south-western Yunnan Province, China, from 1,400-2,400m asl. It might occur a little more widely than records suggest.

Habitat and Ecology

It inhabits the forest floor of evergreen broadleaf forests. It breeds in the head of streams and the larvae are then washed some distance downstream.

Population

It is a very rare species.

Population Trend

Decreasing

Major Threats

The major threat to this species is habitat loss and degradation due to agriculture (including plantations) and subsistence wood collection.

Conservation Actions

The range of this species includes the Great Snow Mountain National Nature Reserve (Yongde County), and the Wuliangshan National Nature Reserve (Jingdong Country).

Citation

Wu Guanfu, Yang Datong 2004. Xenophrys giganticus. In: IUCN 2012