This species occurs in rainforests and is often found on the forest floor under fallen timber or leaf-litter. It is a direct developing species that breeds during spring to summer in the wet season and possibly earlier (Rowley 2020). Eggs are laid in one small cluster on land hidden within moist leaf litter, and similar to other species in the genus, the nest is guarded by the males. Tadpoles develop inside the egg and hatch as little frogs (Rowley 2020).

This Australian endemic occurs in northeastern Queensland and is restricted to Black Mountain Corridor, Finnegan, Windsor, Thornton, Carbine and Lee Uplands and marginally on Atherton Upland (Hoskin 2004). It has been recorded from 20–1,340 m asl (Hoskin et al. 2015). The extent of occurrence (EOO) of its mapped range is 7,950 km².

Much of the species' habitat is protected within National Parks and the World Heritage Area in northern Queensland including Tully Falls National Park in the south, to Daintree National Park and Cedar Bay National Park in the north of its range and several others.