Eleutherodactylus palmeri — Stejneger, 1904, Annu. Rep. U.S. Natl. Mus. for 1902: 582-583. by implication; Gorham, 1966, Das Tierreich, 85: 90; Gorham, 1974, Checklist World Amph.: 55.
Hylodes palmeri Boulenger, 1912, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, 10: 189. Syntypes: BMNH 1947.2.16.86-87 (formerly 1910.7.11.64-65; BMNH 1947.2.16.86 designated lectotype by Lynch, 1996, Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 20: 334. Type locality: "Pueblo Rico, Choco, S.W. Colombia, 5200 feet".
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) palmeri — Lynch, 1996, in Powell and Henderson (eds.), Contr. W. Indian Herpetol.: 154. Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 230.
Pristimantis palmeri — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) palmeri — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128.
Palmer's Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 77).
Between 900 and 2400 m between Risaralda and Munchique in the Cordillera Occidental, and the western slope of the Cordillera Central in Quindío and Cauca, Colombia.
In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) martinicensis series, Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 230. See comment under Eleutherodactylus nigrogrisea. See account by Lynch, 1996, Rev. Acad. Colomb. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat., 20: 334-336. In the Pristimantis (Pristimantis) unistrigatus species group of Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 128. Bolívar-García, Giraldo, and Méndez-Narváez, 2011, Check List, 7: 9-10, provided a record for Cauca, Colombia, and the western slope of the Cordillera Central and discussed the range.
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