Eleutherodactylus bearsei Duellman, 1992, Occas. Pap. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Kansas, 150: 2. Holotype: KU 212268, by original designation. Type locality: "Cataratas Ahuashiyacu (06° 30′ S, 76° 20′ W, 730 m), 14 km (by road) northeast of Tarapoto, Provincia San Martín, Departamento San Martín, Peru".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) bearsei — Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 220.
Pristimantis bearsei — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) bearsei — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
Bearse's Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 72).
Region of the type locality, Department of San Martín, Peru, 500-730 m elevation.
In the Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group, possibly most closely related to Eleutherodactylus diadematus, according to the original publication. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 220. See Duellman and Pramuk, 1999, Sci. Pap. Nat. Hist. Mus. Univ. Kansas, 13: 1-78, for account. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128. See Duellman and Lehr, 2009, Terrest.-breeding Frogs in Peru: 148-150, for brief account.
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