This species is found in a wide range of habitats, from lowland wet forest to dry dipterocarp forest and hill forest, and also limestone caves. It is usually associated with small rivers and streams. It usually lives in small colonies, with less than 10 individuals.

This species is found from east of Moulmein, Tenasserim (Myanmar), extending to Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. There are records also from Cambodia (P. Banks pers. comm.), Lao PDR, Viet Nam, and Sabah where it is only known from two localities (the Witti Range and Sepilok), Sarawak known from Tanjung Datu National Park and Niah National Park (P. Rajasegaran pers.com) and east Kalimantan (one specimen, A. Suyanto pers. comm.) in Borneo. In Lao PDR the species is reported, by Robinson and Webber (1998), from Khammouane Limestone National Biodiversity Conservation Area, and from Xe Pian in southern Lao PDR by Robinson (1998). In Viet Nam the species is known from Don Nai province, Vung Tau province and Phu Quoc Island (Abramov et al. 2007 and Kruskop 2013).

This species is found in a number of protected areas throughout its range.