[2] It inhabits a landscape consisting of a mosaic of natural grasslands and pine-oak forests at elevations of about 2,000 m (6,600 ft) asl.

[5] Blunt-headed salamanders are native only to a small region of Michoacán located in Mexico.

Some have been found to utilize cattle ponds with muddy bottoms during larval stages.

[1] Blunt-headed salamanders have been discovered hiding under logs nearby to ponds and wetland breeding sites.

Egg masses are laid attached to roots or other vegetation nearby to ponds such as algae.

[5] The larva or tadpole stage of the blunt-headed salamander involves development in an aquatic environment.

[4] It was found that certain aquatic insects and their larval forms may be a part of the diet of the blunt-headed salamander larvae.

These include water fleas such as Daphnia and aquatic beetles such as Belostomatidae and Platambus mexicanus.

They spend a majority of the year in underground burrows, and will emerge during mating season to migrate to the water.

Some individuals ranged from black to an olive-green dorsally, and ventrally are grey with some creme-colored spots.

The primary threat of this species is the loss of ponds necessary for breeding due to agricultural expansion.