It is found in eastern Nepal; eastern, peninsular, and north-eastern India (West Bengal, Meghalaya, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Sikkim, also reported for Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh) and Bangladesh, into adjacent Myanmar, and possibly into adjacent China.

[1] In northeastern India, Polypedates teraiensis begins breeding after the first few rains of the rainy season (approximately March) and produces foam nests normally attached to vegetation above shallow temporary still water but can also be found on logs or walls of human habitation.

Full development of larvae from ovum fertilization to the emergence of froglet lasts 58 days.

[3] Relating to breeding, the testes of perching frogs are found to appear from hibernation as temperatures increased and day lengths increased.

This was perceived to be a change due to evolution for a more reliable cardiovascular system as they developed to become terrestrial adults.