Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

Eggs are laid on the ground and it breeds by direct development and may be associated with bromeliads.

It has rarely been encountered during the last decade, although it is commonly found in Dolphin Head in extreme western Jamaica.

[2] Its population is decreasing; extensive habitat destruction and deforestation is taking place within its range, caused by agriculture, human settlement and logging.

It occurs in several forest reserves, but these do not guarantee the species' long-term protection, and improved and strengthened management of these existing protected areas is clearly needed.