This species inhabits pine flat woods and forests, wet meadows, moist woodlands and prairies, often near small gum or cypress ponds; in or near ponds, potholes and ditches with grassy margins or emergent vegetation. It is a primarily terrestrial species that burrows into banks of ponds and ditches. Eggs and larvae develop in flooded roadside ditches and fields, margins of shallow ponds, temporary woodland pools and bogs. Eggs are attached to submerged vegetation (NatureServe 2020). Individuals were found in roadside ditches, artificial ponds and fields, suggesting at least a degree of tolerance to habitat degradation.

This species can be found in the southeastern United States of America from eastern North Carolina south to southern Florida and west to southern Mississippi (Conant and Collins 1991).

Conservation Actions In-Place
This species is present in several protected areas throughout its range.

Conservation Needed
No species-specific conservation actions are needed.