habitat_narrative
Terrestrial
It inhabits the leaf-litter of montane forest and lives on the forest edge, being particularly associated with the grassland-forest ecotone, and with small patches of grass and wetland inside forest. However, it is not found outside forest. Reproduction takes place by direct development, without a larval stage. The male is thought to make a nest using his hardened snout. About 11–20 eggs are laid in a hole in damp mud, among grass or under leaf litter. Each egg is 2.6 mm in diameter enclosed in a 6 mm jelly capsule. About four weeks is needed for development to be completed (Dawood and Stam 2006).