[4] The Sonoran green toad is endemic to the counties of Pima and Pinal in Arizona in the south western United States and to northern Mexico.

Its typical habitat is arid and semi-arid plains with grass, creosote bush, mesquite and saguaro.

[5] When a female arrives in response to the male, they move together into the water, amplexus occurs and a batch of eggs is laid.

The temporary waterbodies tend to dry up rapidly and it is thought that the eggs hatch within three days and the tadpoles develop to metamorphosis in two to three weeks.

Females are sometimes collected for the pet trade or research but otherwise it faces few particular threats and increased irrigation may create new habitats.