Eleutherodactylus pleurostriatus Rivero, 1984 "1982", Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 42: 88. Holotype: UPRM 4971, by original designation. Type locality: "San Eusebio, La Carbonera, 2.316 m. Edo. Mérida, Venezuela."
Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) pleurostriatus Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 230.
Pristimantis pleurostriatus — Heinicke, Duellman, and Hedges, 2007, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Suppl. Inform., 104: Table 2.
Pristimantis (Pristimantis) pleurostriatus — Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 118.
Side-striped Robber Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 78).
Known only from the type locality (San Eusebio, 2316 m elevation, State of Mérida, Venezuela).
In the Eleutherodactylus unistrigatus group, according to the original publication. In the Eleutherodactylus (Eleutherodactylus) conspicillatus series, unassigned to species group according to Lynch and Duellman, 1997, Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Spec. Publ., 23: 230. In the subgenus Pristimantis, but unnassigned to species group by Hedges, Duellman, and Heinicke, 2008, Zootaxa, 1737: 118.
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