This species is also found in desert riparian, wash, scrub, alkalai scrub, succulent shrub, and several other associated habitats. Never very common in terrestrial habitats. Arid areas of friable soil with clear, quiet standing water during the breeding season. Sometimes diurnal during cloudy, rainy days.
Adults breed in large congregations.
Up to 20,000 eggs are laid by a single female. Developmental tolerances of certain anuran species. Behler, J. L., and F. W. King. The Audubon Society field guide to North American reptiles and amphibians. Alfred Knopf, New York.