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Taxonomy of the genus Plica Biodiversity of the family Tropiduridae

Bibliography of the genus
Plica (Tree Runners)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Tropiduridae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Plica in general

Etheridge, R.E. 1970. A review of the South American iguanid lizard genus Plica. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 19(7): 237-256.

Frost, D.R. 1992. Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the Tropidurus group of lizards (Iguania: Tropiduridae). American Museum Novitates 3033: 1-68.

Frost, D.R.; Rodrigues, M.T.; Grant, T.; Titus, T.A. 2001. Phylogenetics of the lizard genus Tropidurus (Squamata: Tropiduridae: Tropidurinae): Direct optimization, descriptive efficiency, and sensitivity analysis of congruence between molecular data and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21(3): 352-371.

Harvey, M.B.; Gutberlet, R.L. 2000. A phylogenetic analysis of the tropidurine lizards (Squamata: Tropiduridae), including new characters of squamation and epidermal microstructure. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128(2): 189-233.

Murphy, J.C.; Jowers, M.J. 2013. Treerunners, cryptic lizards of the Plica plica group (Squamata, Sauria, Tropiduridae) of northern South America. ZooKeys 355: 49-77.

Oliveira, D.P. de; Carvalho, V.T. de; Hrbek, T. 2016. Cryptic diversity in the lizard genus Plica (Squamata): phylogenetic diversity and Amazonian biogeography. Zoologica Scripta 45(6): 630-641.

Plica caribeana

Murphy, J.C.; Jowers, M.J. 2013. Treerunners, cryptic lizards of the Plica plica group (Squamata, Sauria, Tropiduridae) of northern South America. ZooKeys 355: 49-77.

Plica kathleenae

Murphy, J.C.; Jowers, M.J. 2013. Treerunners, cryptic lizards of the Plica plica group (Squamata, Sauria, Tropiduridae) of northern South America. ZooKeys 355: 49-77.

Plica lumaria

Donnelly, M.A.; Myers, C.W. 1991. Herpetological results of the 1990 Venezuelan Expedition to the summit of Cerro Guaiquinima, with new tepui reptiles. American Museum Novitates 3017: 1-54.

Mägdefrau, H. 1991. Plica nigra, ein neuer Leguan vom Guaiquinima Tepui (Venezuela) (Sauria, Iguanidae). Spixiana 14(2): 229-234.

Plica medemi

Murphy, J.C.; Jowers, M.J. 2013. Treerunners, cryptic lizards of the Plica plica group (Squamata, Sauria, Tropiduridae) of northern South America. ZooKeys 355: 49-77.

Plica pansticta

Myers, C.W.; Donnelly, M.A. 2001. Herpetofauna of the Yutajé-Corocoro Massif, Venezuela: second report from the Robert G. Goelet American museum-Terramar Expedition to the northwestern tepuis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 261: 1-85.

Plica plica

Aguilar-Kirigin, A.J. 2012. Primer registro de Plica plica (Linnaeus, 1758) para el departamento de La Paz, Bolivia. Comentarios sobre la extensión de la distribución geográfica para Plica umbra (Linnaeus 1758), (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Cuadernos de Herpetologia 26(2): 61-62.

Böhme, W. 1983. The Tucano Indians of Colombia and the iguanid lizard Plica plica: ethnological, herpetological and ethological implications. Biotropica 15(2): 148-150.

Campos Gomides, S.; Anchieta García, P.C. de; Rodrigues, M.T. 2014. Natural history notes: Plica plica (Tree Runner) and Plica umbra (Blue-lipped Tree Runner). Morphological anomalies. Herpetological Review 45(2): 331-332.

Carvalho-Junior, E.A.R.; Chaves, J.A.D.; Carvalho-Neto, C.S. 2008. Natural history notes: Plica plica (NCN). Reproduction. Herpetological Review 39(1): 92.

Chávez, G.; Venegas, P.J.; Lescano, A. 2011. Two new records in the diet of Ceratophrys cornuta Linneaus,1758 (Anura: Ceratophrydae). Herpetology Notes 4: 285-286.

Debusk, J.; Glidewell, J. 1972. Social dominance in the South American iguanid lizard Plica plica. Journal of Herpetology 6(2): 139-141.

Dowling, H.G.; Majupuria, T.C.; Gibson, F.W. 1971. Hemipenial morphology of the tree lizard, Plica plica (Linnaeus). Herpetological Review 3(5): 91-92.

Flicke, S. 2005. Die hohe Welt der bunten Stelzenläuferleguane oder: Meine Erfahrung bei der Haltung von Plica plica. Reptilia (D) 9(50): 64-67.

Goldberg, S.R.; Bursey, C.R.; Vitt, L.J. 2009. Diet and parasite communities of two lizard species, Plica plica and Plica umbra from Brazil and Ecuador. Herpetological Journal 19(1): 49-52.

Gonzalez-S., L.A.; Prieto, A.S.; Martienz, L.; Velasquez, J. 2006. Nichos troficos de los lagartos, Ameiva ameiva y Plica plica en un bosque humedo tropical del Estado Miranda, Venezuela. Saber 18(2): 117-122.

Gonzalez-S., L.A.; Prieto-A., Arcas; Candia, R. 2002. Notas sobre los habitos alimentarios del lagarto Plica plica (Linnaeus, 1758), en un bosque humedo del Estado Miranda, Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica 21(3): 51-57.

Haussler, F. 1988. Zur Haltung und Nachzucht des Stelzenläuferleguans Plica plica (Linnaeus, 1758). Sauria (Berlin) 10(1): 13-16.

Kaiser, H.; Diaz, R.E. 2001. Natural history notes: Tropidurus plica (Spiny Tree Lizard). Behavior. Herpetological Review 32(4): 260.

Koster, F.; Böhme, W. 1975. Die mythologische Bedeutung des Baumleguans Plica plica bei den Tucano-Indianern aus ethno-zoologischer Sicht. Salamandra 11(2): 99-104.

Oliveira, M.E.; Martins, M. 1998. Natural history notes: Rhinobothryum lentiginosum (NCN). Diet. Herpetological Review 29(2): 105.

Schaarschmidt, F. 1999. Zur Haltung und Vermehrung des Stelzenläuferleguans, Plica plica (Linnaeus, 1758). Elaphe 7(4): 17-21.

Schlüter, U. 2001. Bemerkungen zu Habitat und Lebensweise von Stelzenläuferleguanen (Plica plica). Iguana Rundschreiben 14(2): 29-31.

Vitt, L.J. 1991. Ecology and life history of the scansorial arboreal lizard Plica plica (Iguanidae) in Amazonian Brazil. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69(2): 504-511.

Werner, Y.L.; Werner, N. 2001. An iguanid lizard shamming a House Gecko. Herpetological Bulletin 77: 28-30.

Wick, W. 1997. Erfahrungen bei der Haltung und Zucht von Plica plica. Iguana Rundschreiben 10(2)(18): 10-14.

Plica rayi

Murphy, J.C.; Jowers, M.J. 2013. Treerunners, cryptic lizards of the Plica plica group (Squamata, Sauria, Tropiduridae) of northern South America. ZooKeys 355: 49-77.

Plica umbra

Aguilar-Kirigin, A.J. 2012. Primer registro de Plica plica (Linnaeus, 1758) para el departamento de La Paz, Bolivia. Comentarios sobre la extensión de la distribución geográfica para Plica umbra (Linnaeus 1758), (Squamata: Tropiduridae). Cuadernos de Herpetologia 26(2): 61-62.

Andersson, L.G. 1918. New lizards from South America. Collected by Nils Holmgren and A. Roman. Arkiv för Zoologi (Stockholm) 11(16): 1-9.

Bernardo, P.H.; Guerra-Fuentes, R.A.; Matiazzi, W.; Zaher, H. 2012. Checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Reserva Biológica do Tapirapé, Pará, Brazil. Check List 8(5): 839-846.

Campos Gomides, S.; Anchieta García, P.C. de; Rodrigues, M.T. 2014. Natural history notes: Plica plica (Tree Runner) and Plica umbra (Blue-lipped Tree Runner). Morphological anomalies. Herpetological Review 45(2): 331-332.

Carvalho, V.T. de; Fraga, R. de; Ferreira da Silva, A.L.; Vogt, R.C.; Gordo, M. 2014. Natural history notes: Plica umbra (Blue-lipped Tree Lizard). Spine and tail anomaly. Herpetological Review 45(1): 132-133.

Cerqueira, P.V.; Bustamante Portes, C.E.; Silva, A.S. da; Santos, S.L.M. dos; Dantas Santos, M.P. 2011. [Plica umbra (Linnaeus, 1758) (Squamata: Tropiduridae) as a food item of Philydor erythrocercum (Pelzeln, 1859) (Aves: Furnariidae)]. Ornithologia 4(2): 126.

Gasnier, T.R.; Magnusson, W.E.; Lima, A.P. 1994. Foraging activity and diet of four sympatric lizard species in a tropical rainforest. Journal of Herpetology 28(2): 187-192.

Goldberg, S.R.; Bursey, C.R.; Vitt, L.J. 2009. Diet and parasite communities of two lizard species, Plica plica and Plica umbra from Brazil and Ecuador. Herpetological Journal 19(1): 49-52.

Harvey, M.B.; Gutberlet, R.L. 1998. Lizards of the genus Tropidurus (Iguania: Tropiduridae) from the Serrania de Huanchaca, Bolivia: new species, natural history, and a key to the genus. Herpetologica 54(4): 493-520.

Magnusson, W.E.; Lima, A.P. 1987. Life history notes: Plica umbra. Nesting. Herpetological Review 18(1): 15.

Melo-Sampaio, P.R. 2017. Natural history notes: Plica umbra ochrocollaris (Blue-lipped Tree Lizard). Defensive behavior. Herpetological Review 48(3): 657.

Mertens, R. 1956. Studien über die Herpetofauna Perus. I. Zur Kenntnis der Iguaniden-Gattung Tropidurus in Peru. Senckenbergiana Biologica 37: 101-136.

Oliveira, M.E.; Martins, M. 1998. Natural history notes: Rhinobothryum lentiginosum (NCN). Diet. Herpetological Review 29(2): 105.

Omena-Junior, R. de S.; Santos, J.L. dos 2010. Dieta de galos-da-serra Rupicola rupicola Linaeus [Linnaeus] 1766 durante o periodo reprodutivo ao Norte de Manaus, Amazonas. Ornithologia 4(1): 66-73.

Seipp, R. 1997. Das Leguanportrait Plica umbra ochrocollaris. Iguana Rundschreiben 10(2)(18): 8-9.

Vitt, L.J.; Zani, P.A.; Avila Pires, T.C.S. 1997. Ecology of the arboreal tropidurid lizard Tropidurus (=Plica) umbra in the Amazon region. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75(11): 1876-1882.