The only place the frogs can be found at present is still in just three or four locations around the Feits'ui reservoir and then only in small numbers--the most that can be seen at one time is around ten. The frogs were immediately designated a protected species.
到目前為止，仍然只有翡翠水庫能見到它的「芳蹤」，而且僅分佈在三、四個地點，數量很少。他們發現最多的一次，也只有十隻左右，物以稀為貴，翡翠樹蛙立即被列為待保護的稀有動物。