 It inhabits cultivated fields, including rice paddies, and is often found in close proximity to humanity, at altitudes of 10 to 900 m.

Boreal digging frogs breed during the annual rainy season, around June and July.After the rainy season is over they dig burrows underground, emerging only at night to feed.The eggs are laid in batches of 15–20 in monsoonal pools, with the tadpoles maturing within 30 days, much faster than most other frogs in this area.