Herbert's rock wallaby lives among rocky sites and woodland in southeastern Queensland, Australia. A comparison describes it as grayer and less shaggy-tailed than the brush-tailed rock-wallaby.
A conservation guide compares it with the brush-tailed rock-wallaby and describes Herbert's rock-wallaby as grayer, less rufous, and less shaggy-tailed.
An Australian Government report lists rugged hills, rocky outcrops, and boulder fields as habitat; in the north it also records dry rainforest and open forest.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.