It often hides in the leaf litter or rotten logs, under rocks, fallen branches or vegetation.

[3] The Sacramento Mountain salamander feeds on small invertebrates such as ants, rove beetles, springtails, snails and spiders.

[2] Breeding takes place in the summer with eggs being laid in small clutches inside rotten logs and stumps and also possibly in underground cavities.

The larvae undergo direct development in the eggs with fully formed miniature salamanders hatching out measuring about 12 millimetres (0.47 in) in snout to vent length.

It is common in the areas in which it occurs and is chiefly threatened by logging activities especially when associated with fire or the removal of fallen timber.