It is a ground dweller, which evades dry periods by burrowing and hibernating - emerging to breed during floods.

By hibernating it can avoid the arid conditions of the Kimberley region and emerge to take advantage of the intermittent flooding of its open grassland habitat.

The range of the species is in the far north of Western Australia, overlapping the Northern Territory,[3] in a tropical monsoon climate.

It has a description based on the two known locations, which occur in open grassland, in a range of intermittent water sources.

[6] The males commence breeding by crying at floodways - this is frequently heard - with females responding by releasing up to 1000 eggs during a wet season.