[4] It is said that carpenter frogs are found in waterways that are tea or coffee colored, where they can easily be camouflaged.

[9] Males maintain territories with a median radius of 1 meter and produce mating calls on most nights of the breeding season.

[4] Carpenter frogs eat a majority of aquatic insects and invertebrates such as small crickets, bug larva, and spiders.

[13] One of the main reasons that the carpenter frog has become of special concern is due to its susceptibility to habitat loss and degradation.

[14] In the 1990s the carpenter frog population in Talbot County was found to be severely decreased as a possible result of habitat degradation.

Considering that the Carpenter Frog requires wetland areas with large amounts of submerged vegetation for breeding, human disturbances, such as ditching and urbanization, to such environments have and will continue to impact the species.

("Conservation Plans for Biotic Regions in Florida Containing Multiple Rare or Declining Wildlife Taxa", 2003)[4] Because it is known to thrive in acidic waters, throughout time the neutralization of water, specifically in the Delmarva region, has had a great impact on its decline in population because they are unable to adapt.