This species is threatened by the general decline in the quality and extent of its habitat, caused by expanding human settlements, wood collection and logging, and agricultural expansion. Artisanal mining could be a threat in some areas where this species is suspected to occur. It occurs in several protected areas: Virunga National Park, Itombwe Nature Reserve, and Kabobo Natural Reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwenzori Mountains National Park in Uganda.