Taxonomic notes: This species was moved from the genus Hylarana to Sanguirana by Fuiten et al. (2011).

This species is found in the Sierra Madres, on north-eastern Luzon Island, in the Philippines.

It inhabits cool streams and rivers in lower montane and lowland forests. It breeds and lays its eggs in water, and it is presumed that tadpoles develop in water.

It is common in Aurora Memorial National Park in one river drainage, but is known only from two other localities.

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The most important threats to this species include logging, conversion of habitat to agriculture, and the pollution of streams and rivers due to agricultural run-off.

• 2.1.2 Small-holder farming
• 3.2 Mining & quarrying
• 1.2 Commercial & industrial areas
• 2.1.3 Agro-industry farming
• 5.3.5 Motivation Unknown/Unrecorded
• 2.1.1 Shifting agriculture
• 1.1 Housing & urban areas
• 9.3.4 Type Unknown/Unrecorded

Its range includes Aurora Memorial National Park. The most important conservation measure required is the protection of the remaining tracts of intact lowland rainforest in the Sierra Madres of Luzon.

• 1.1 Site/area protection
• 2.1 Site/area management
• 2.3 Habitat & natural process restoration

Listed as Vulnerable because its Extent of Occurrence is less than 20,000 km2, its distribution is severely fragmented, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its forest habitat on Luzon in the Philippines.

• Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C. and Alcala, A.C. 2001. The state of Philippine herpetology and the challenges for the next decade. Silliman Journal 42(1): 18-87.
• Brown, R.M., McGuire, J.A. and Diesmos, A.C. 2000. Status of some Philippine frogs refered to Rana everetti (Anura: Ranidae), description of a new species, and resurrection of R. igorota Taylor 1922. Herpetologica: 81-104.