[2][3][4] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, swamps, intermittent freshwater marshes, arable land, plantations, ponds, and irrigated land.

The male frog digs a hole in the mud near a rice paddy or pond, sometimes beneath straw or leaves.

Male frogs can be territorial and may fight over good nesting sites.

The female frog then lays her eggs in the hole and covers them in foam.

Farmers in Taiwan have shifted away from rice cultivation and modified the paddies, leaving fewer places for the tadpoles to grow.