It is a mostly crepuscular and arboreal species. It occurs in dry deciduous montane forests occupying moist forest tracts along streams (Molur et al. 2005).

This species is only known with certainty from a single specimen collected in Namdapha National Park (at altitudes of 100-350 m asl), Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh, northeastern India (Saha 1981). The surrounding area has been well surveyed but there have been no verified sightings of the species since (Saha pers. comm). It might be restricted to the area of a single valley within the park (Molur et al. 2005).

The species is not protected by any legislation. It is known from Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India (Molur et al. 2005). There is a need to maintain suitable areas of habitat for this species, and to undertake detailed field surveys to determine whether the species still persists and to determine the current distribution range (Molur et al. 2005).