[1] The species name refers to the type locality, Mount Emei in Sichuan,[2] and its vocalizing abilities.

Its natural habitats are subtropical moist montane forests, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, rural gardens, heavily degraded former forest, ponds, and irrigated land.

[4] Males vocalize and mate in well-hidden underground nests.

Acoustic characters of the male calls from inside the burrows convey information concerning the burrow characteristics that female frogs can use when choosing mates.

Male calls have thereby been likened to "real estate ads".