Before and after breeding, they emerge at night during rains. During breeding, some diurnal activity occurs. In late spring or early summer, postmetamorphic juveniles disperse from breeding sites at night. They usually stay at the ponds a few days, but some individuals may remain up to several weeks after breeding is completed. Larvae transform during late spring or early summer, usually by the first week of July.
Few movements occur during most of the year.
Breeding and egg-laying normally occur from December through early February. Individual females may lay more than 1,000 eggs, deposited on both submerged and emergent vegetation and on submerged debris. Larvae may compete with or prey upon other amphibian larvae. Adults are probably not subject to heavy predation by other species due to their secretive behaviors and the brief period of activity at breeding ponds. Large numbers of aquatic larvae are taken by wading birds, particularly herons and egrets.