The sunset frog is only found in isolated permanently moist peat swamps, in high rainfall areas.

Females lay less than 200 eggs that are deposited singly often supported by algae mats just below the surface of the water.

Breeding sites were found to be at the top of drainage systems, which may allow for easier dispersal of tadpoles and juveniles into creek margins.

[5] Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) is a highly transmittable fungal pathogen that has global effects on amphibians and is capable of causing mass mortality events.

With S. flammocaerulea having a restricted geographic range, prescribed burns may destroy suitable habitat needed for the distribution of a changing climate and possibly disrupt breeding sites.

[6] On the 19th of December 2011, the DEC in combination with Perth Zoo released 31 captive-bred endangered sunset frogs and 251 tadpoles into a private property in Mt Frankland area in order to extend the known range of the species.