Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, intermittent freshwater marshes, and irrigated land.

[2][3] This frog can survive in a variety of habitats but seems to prefer forests and an arboreal lifestyle.

The island chain to which it is endemic underwent significant changes during and after World War II.

On other islands, habitat degradation principally involves conversion of land to agriculture.

[1] Media related to Rhacophorus owstoni at Wikimedia Commons