This species lives in lowland moist and wet forests, ranging marginally into premontane wet forest and rainforest. It tends to forage near ponds, and is somewhat adaptable, being found in plantations and on grasses. It has been found in rice plantations in eastern Honduras (F. Castañeda pers. comm.). It breeds by direct development.

This species is known from the Atlantic slopes from northeastern Honduras, through the eastern half of Nicaragua, to southeastern Costa Rica and on the Pacific slope in passes between volcanoes in Guanacaste and Río Barranca. Recent records have extended its distribution within Nicaragua: from Finca Monimbó in Matagalpa Department (Sunyer et al. 2012), and from the southern slope of Volcán Mombacho in Granada Department, which is the first departmental record (Sunyer et al. 2014). Its elevational range is from sea level to 1,380 m asl.

Conservation Actions In-Place
This species occurs in a number of protected areas.

Conservation Needed
There is a need for urgent habitat protection within the species Honduran range (F. Castañeda pers. comm.).