Widespread in poorly drained woodlands, prairies, pastures, and even cultivated or urban areas where breeding ponds remain. Most prevalent under logs and occasionally in excavated crayfish burrows and drainage tiles. Adults are occasionally found on rocky hillsides. Eggs have even been found in cisterns. Depending on when eggs were laid, larvae transform May through July.
Adults eat earthworms, slugs, and various arthropods.
Greatest threat is loss of wet areas for breeding and larval development.