The arms and legs are relatively small for burrowing frogs.

It inhabits sandy swamps, where it burrows for protection from predators and desiccation.

The males call from under the ground, and amplexus takes place in the burrow.

Eighty to five hundred eggs are deposited in a foamy mass at the bottom of a burrow.

The eggs undergo development within the foam, and delay from hatching until the burrows are flooded from rain.