There are two subspecies: "L. v. verreauxii" lives in many kinds of places, including swamps, forests and permanent bodies of water and "L. v. alpina", called the alpine tree frog, lives higher above sea level. "L. v. alpina" is much rarer. The IUCN Red List says the whistling tree frog is not endangered overall, but the government of Australia and its states say the alpine subspecies is endangered.