[2] Pleurodema somuncurense reproduces in the mid-spring and summer months through amplexus events, with males clasping on females from the back.

[4] P. somuncurense has specific features such as scramble competition and mating calls by males are typical of explosive breeders.

The microendemic species is restricted to the thermal headwaters of Valcheta Stream in Northern Patagonia, Argentina.

[5] It is threatened by predation by introduced rainbow trout and by habitat loss from canalization of spring water.

[1][2] The grassland fires used to promote regrowth of pasture for livestock impact the frog's availability of shelters, reproductive sites, and terrestrial prey.