Prostherapis shrevei Rivero, 1961, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 126: 155. Holotype: MCZ 28567, by original designation. Type locality: "Mt. Marahuaca, 5000-6000 ft. [1524-1829 m]", Territorio Amazonas, Venezuela.
Colostethus shrevei — Edwards, 1971, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 84: 148.
Anomaloglossus shrevei — Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299: 158.
Shreve's Rocket Frog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 49).
Known only from the type locality (Mt. Marahuaca, Amazonas, Venezuela).
Prior to the revision of Grant, Frost, Caldwell, Gagliardo, Haddad, Kok, Means, Noonan, Schargel, and Wheeler, 2006, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 299, Rivero, 1990 "1988", Mem. Soc. Cienc. Nat. La Salle, 48: 3-32, placed this species in his Colostethus fuliginosus group (Group VI). See account by La Marca, 1997 "1996", Publ. Asoc. Amigos Doņana, 9: 44.
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