It does not appear to need complete closed canopy but it does require shrub and lower plant cover.

[1] This frog lays eggs on plants in marshland near water, both flowing and stagnant.

The female frog makes a foam nest overhanging the water.

Scientists believe this species breeds in May because that is when the male frogs can be heard calling.

What danger it faces comes from habitat loss and fragmentation associated with the construction of roads and towns, hydroelectric dam projects, and pollution associated with pesticides and other chemicals.