The popoyote uses the channels and puddles that remain after the rains to lay as many as 150 eggs per female, which hatch after three days. The larvae reach the juvenile stage after three months and in less than one year become adult.
The popoyote's reproductive cycle involves utilizing the leftover waterways and pools following rainfall to lay up to 150 eggs per female, which then undergo development over a period of three days. The young then progress through various developmental stages before becoming adults in approximately three months.