According to Hsu's observations, unlike most frog species, which live in bodies of water or streams and remain in the tadpole stage from two to three months, orange-belly tree frogs like to live in holes in fallen tree trunks and remain tadpoles for more than a year.
根據許瑞明觀察，一般蛙類生活在有水或溪流的地方，蝌蚪期只有兩、三個月；但橙腹樹蛙卻大不相同，它們喜歡生活在天然枯倒的木洞中，蝌蚪期更超過一年。