However, they do swim occasionally. To deter other suitors from their territory, males will rise on all fours and inflate their vocal sacs. If intimidation doesn't work, they may end up wrestling until one is pinned down by another. Breeding usually takes place during the rainy season from October through March. If this is not done, the next clutch of eggs will dry up and die.
Tadpoles develop in the egg cases until they burst open.
All the eggs in a clutch burst within a 1 minute period and the resulting liquid release helps the tadpoles slide down the leaf and into the water. Metamorphosis is completed within 75 to 80 days. They are carnivores and feed primarily at night, feasting on crickets, moths, flies, grasshoppers, and sometimes even smaller frogs. They will eat just about anything that they can fit into their mouth.