This species is found in wet and dry forest environs usually along streams, swamps, but also around dams. Breeding takes place in spring and summer. Eggs are laid as a foamy mass on the surface of permanent ponds, stream pools, water-filled crayfish holes, or cattle tracks. Tadpoles develop in the water in about two months and the tadpoles do not overwinter. This species has also been recorded in cleared land for pasture.

This Australian endemic species has a disjunctive distribution, occurring in the Clarke Range in the Eungella region in mid-eastern Queensland inland from Mackay, then from Shoalwater Bay (mid-eastern Queensland) south along the coast to Moss Vale (mid-eastern New South Wales), and inland to Blackdown Tableland and Carnarvon Gorge. It was formerly common across a broad altitudinal range but at present it is common only at altitudes of less than 400 m asl in New South Wales. However, the Eungella region is an exception where it is still known from 230–940 m asl (Meyer et al. 2020).

Conservation Measures In-Place
The range of the species includes several protected areas.

Conservation Needed
Further research is needed to determine the population status of this species, particularly in regions where it has experienced past declines. Population monitoring is recommended considering the possibility that chytridiomycosis may still be a threat.