It is found in French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, Guianan Venezuela, Colombia (Amazonas), and Amazonian Brazil.

The male advertisement call is a repetitive series of multi-pulsed notes.

[5] Chiasmocleis hudsoni is a common species living in tropical rainforests at elevations below 300 m (980 ft).

It is a nocturnal, fossorial frog, usually hiding in holes or in the leaf litter.

It is locally threatened by habitat loss caused by clear-cutting.