It is an arboreal species of closed tropical moist forests, including tropical vine and gallery forest where they have recently been expanding their range (Maxwell et al. 1996). It is primarily nocturnal.

This species is endemic to Australia, where it is restricted to the area north of the Daintree River to the vicinity of Mount Amos and west to the Mount Windsor Tablelands, on the Cape York Peninsula of Queensland. The elevational range is sea level to 1,400 m asl.

Historically, the distribution was though to be subdivided into three sections (Williams 2006). There have been recent increases in local abundance, and it is possible that these sections of the distribution are no longer isolated from one another (R. Martin pers. comm. 2014). However, distribution at finer scales appears to be patchy due to a strong habitat preference for wet vine forest. Given this, it is possible that the number of locations is close to 10.

The species is present in the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. Recommended conservation actions for this species include: monitor distribution and abundance; and continue research on population dynamics, especially in lowland and riverine forests.