Eggs are laid in foam nests at the edges of permanent or temporary ponds and flooded areas.

The dorsolateral folds are short and poorly developed, and there are yellowish glandular parches on the flanks and in the groin.

The tadpoles grow to a total length of about 28 mm (1.1 in) and are brown, sometimes with white speckles on the tail.

It typically inhabits open areas near rivers which experience seasonal flooding, moist grassland and the vicinity of ponds.

Among populations in the Pantanal of Brazil, males have been observed finding or digging depressions in the ground close to the edge of ponds, rather than in the larger bodies of water, the foam nests being then made in these small, water-filed basins.