Breeds in ditches, flooded fields, floodplain depressions, even in wet areas along the busiest highways. Seldom seen outside the spring breeding season, so nonbreeding habitat is poorly known. Mates mid-February through May, often in large choruses. Call is similar to sound produced by running finger down teeth of comb, very similar to call of upland chorus frog. Eggs laid in small packets attached to sticks and leaf petioles.
Embryos hatch in a few days and tadpoles transform is about two months.
Range may overlap slightly with upland chorus frog.