The dragon-horned toad hides under the rocks or in the grass by the stream during the day. At night, the male toads often make chirping sounds on the rocks by the stream. They stop chirping under the electric light and do not escape. The tadpoles live in the streams with cool water quality, and often move between or under the rocks in the slow flow.
It is endemic to China. The ecological environment quality of the toad's habitat has declined, and its population has decreased.
It is listed in the second level of the "List of National Key Protected Wildlife in China".
