Though a wide range of animals, from wild mountain boars to pangolins, build nests for themselves, the Taipei tree frog is the only frog known to do so.
挖洞做巢、築個安身之處，是許多動物的本能，大型如山豬、穿山甲，身量迷你的老鼠、蟋蟀都會；但若談到台灣的蛙類，目前已知會挖洞的，就是「只此一家，別無分號」了。