"This species inhabits moist dense hardwood, coniferous, and mixed forests with mossy logs and slabs of rock. It is most abundant in forests that are dominated by red spruce and Fraser's fir and in areas where the forest floor is covered with a heavy layer of moss with only a little soil over a mass of large boulders (Green et al. 2014). Individuals are often found in burrows, leaf-litter, or in spaces under rocks and logs during the day. This species tolerates some level of disturbance, and much of its range occurs in secondary growth forest. Breeding is by direct development, and the eggs are probably laid in underground cavities" (IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group. 2022)