Range Description This species is known from the type locality of Fan Si Pan mountain, at 1,900 m asl, Van Ban District, Lao Cai Province, at 1,400 m asl, and also from Ha Giang Province, at 1,100 m asl, in Viet Nam (Bain and Truong 2004, Orlov et al. 2008).
Habitat and Ecology It has been recorded from evergreen forest close to a stream.
Population It is known only from a few specimens, so its population status cannot be determined.
Population Trend unknown
Major Threats The Ha Giang location is only in a small section of forest that is likely to be destroyed or degraded in the near future by agricultural encroachment and logging.
Conservation Actions This species' type locality is within Hoang Lien Son National Park. Protection of the small section of forest in the Ha Giang location is needed.
Red List Status Data Deficient (DD)
Rationale 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.
Citation Nguyen Quang Truong & Raoul Bain 2004. Rhacophorus hoanglienensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T58998A136586959. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T58998A11857781.en .Downloaded on 20 February 2019
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