The species has this status wherever found including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Regulation to Govern the Management of Threatened and Endangered Species in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. This species does not have known commercial value. Records from areas of high rainfall such as Bayamon, Vega Baja, Arecibo, Isabela, and Barceloneta exist, however, these are within the karst region where soils are porous and well-drained and calcareous rocks and fissures are abundant. Populations on the south coast near Guanica are found in what has been classified by these same authors as the subtropical dry forest life zone.
Soils here are also limestone derived and outcroppings and fissures are abundant.
Quite different environmental conditions are required for each. Adult toads are semifossorial and are widely dispersed when not breeding. Adults may be found in limestone fissures, under limestone boulders, and in cavities. Although not completely understood, breeding in Guanica is sporadic and dependent upon occasional heavy rains. Breeding is known to occur at two coastal sites which flood when sufficient rainfall is received.