Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: June 24th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Plica
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Tree Runners, Harlequin Racerunners, (Tree Lizards)
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Stelzenläuferleguane
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Stylteleguaner
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1831 |  |
Hypsibatus Wagler [not Hypsibatus Nitzsch (Aves)] (type species: Lacerta umbra Linnaeus 1758; syn. Etheridge 1970) |
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1831 | |
Plica Gray (type species: Lacerta plica Linnaeus 1758) |
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1835 | |
Hypsilophus Wiegmann [substitute name for Hypsibatus Wagler 1831; not Hypsilophus Wagler 1830] |
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1837 | |
Uperanodon Dumeril & Bibron (type species: Lophyrus ochrocollaris Spix 1825; syn. Etheridge 1970) |
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1843 | |
Ptychopleura Fitzinger (type species: Lacerta plica Linnaeus 1758; syn. Etheridge 1970) |
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1843 | |
Ptychosaurus Fitzinger (type species: Hypsibatus punctatus Dumeril & Bibron 1837; syn. Etheridge 1970) |
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1847 | |
Hyperanodon Agassiz [substitute name for Uperanodon Dumeril & Bibron 1837] |
Contents:
8 species, of which 4 (50.0%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Frost (1992) proposed that Plica should be regarded as a synonym of
Tropidurus. This proposal has not been adopted generally (e.g., Avila-Pires 1995), and he later reversed the arrangement (Frost, Rodrigues, Grant & Titus 2001).
Distribution:
N. South America.
Reported from:
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Mato Grosso do Sul,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Peru,
Surinam,
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela.
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Plica caribeana
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Caribbean Tree Runner
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Karibischer Stelzenläuferleguan
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Caribisk Stylteleguan
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2013 | |
Plica caribeana Murphy & Jowers |
Distribution:
Trinidad & Tobago
(Tobago,
Trinidad),
Venezuela.
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Plica kathleenae
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Acarai Mountains Tree Runner, (Kathleen's Tree Runner)
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Acarai-Stelzenläuferleguan
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Acarai-stylteleguan
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2013 | |
Plica kathleenae Murphy & Jowers |
Distribution:
Guyana.
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Plica lumaria
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Cerro Guaiquinima Tree Runner
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Guaiquinima-Stelzenläuferleguan
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Guaiquinima-stylteleguan
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1991 | |
Plica lumaria Donnelly & Myers |
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Tropidurus lumarius Frost 1992 |
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1991 | |
Plica nigra Mägdefrau (Frost 1992 (p. 5); Gorzula & Señaris 1999; Myers & Donnelly 2001) |
Distribution:
Venezuela.
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Plica medemi
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Colombian Tree Runner, (Medem's Tree Runner)
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Kolumbianischer Stelzenläuferleguan
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Colombiansk Stylteleguan
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2013 | |
Plica medemi Murphy & Jowers |
Distribution:
Colombia.
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Plica pansticta
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Speckled Tree Runner
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Gesprenkelte Stelzenläuferleguan
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Spættet Stylteleguan
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2001 | |
Tropidurus panstictus Myers & Donnelly |
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Plica pansticta Rivas-Fuenmayor, Molina, Ugueto, Barros, Barrio-Amoros & Kok 2012 |
Distribution:
Venezuela.
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Plica plica
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Collared Tree Runner, Collared Tree Lizard, Spiny Tree Lizard, Spiny-headed Tree Lizard
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Halsband-Stelzenläuferleguan
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Halsbånd-stylteleguan
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1758 | |
Lacerta plica Linnaeus |
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Agama plica Daudin 1802 |
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Stellio plica Latreille 1802 |
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Ecphymotes plica Fitzinger 1826 |
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Uraniscodon plica Kaup 1826 |
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Hypsibatus plica Wagler 1830 |
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Ophyessa plica Gray 1831 |
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Hypsilophus plica Wiegmann 1835 |
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Ptychosaurus plica Fitzinger 1843 |
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Plica plica Burt & Burt 1930 |
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Tropidurus plica Frost 1992 |
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1768 | |
Iguana chalcidica Laurenti (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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1825 | |
Lophyrus panthera Spix (Avila-Pires 1995) |
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1827 | |
Lophyrus agamoides Gray (Avila-Pires 1995) |
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1837 | |
Hypsibatus punctatus Duméril & Bibron (Avila-Pires 1995) |
Remarks:
Records from Mato Grosso do Sul are considered erroneous (Ferreira, Terra, Piatti, Delatorre, Strüssmann, Béda, Kawashita-Ribeiro, Landgref-Filho, Aoki, Campos,
Souza, Ávila, Duleba, Martins, Rita & Albuquerque 2017; Costa & Bérnils 2018).
A BMNH specimen that reportedly came from Grenada was presumably mislabelled (Henderson & Murphy 2012).
Distribution:
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Mato Grosso,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Rondonia,
Roraima),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Peru,
Surinam,
Venezuela.
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Plica plica
© Henrik Bringsøe
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Plica rayi
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Orinoco Tree Runner, (Ray's Tree Runner)
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Orinoco-Stelzenläuferleguan
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Orinoco-stylteleguan
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2013 | |
Plica rayi Murphy & Jowers |
Distribution:
Colombia,
Venezuela.
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Plica umbra
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Smooth-necked Tree Runner, Blue-lipped Tree Lizard
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Glattnacken-Stelzenläuferleguan
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Glathalset Stylteleguan
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1758 | |
Lacerta umbra Linnaeus |
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Iguana umbra Latreille 1802 |
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Agama umbra Merrem 1820 |
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Ophryessa umbra Fitzinger 1826 |
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Uraniscodon umbra Kaup 1826 |
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Hypsibatus umbra Wagler 1830 |
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Hyperanodon umbra Peters 1877 |
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Plica umbra O'Shaughnessy 1881 |
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Tropidurus umbra Frost 1992 |
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1825 | |
Lophyrus ochrocollaris Spix (Avila-Pires 1995) |
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Plica umbra ochrocollaris Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970 |
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1876 | |
Hyperanodon peltigerus Cope (Avila-Pires 1995) |
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1899 | |
Tropidurus unicarinatus Werner (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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1912 | |
Tropidurus holotropis Boulenger (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
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1918 | |
Uraniscodon tuberculatum Andersson (Peters & Donoso-Barros 1970) |
Other common names:
ochrocollaris: Olive Tree Runner, Blue-lipped Tree Runner (see also umbra)
umbra: Blue-lipped Tree Runner (see also ochrocollaris)
Distribution:
Bolivia,
Brazil
(Acre,
Amapa,
Amazonas,
Maranhao,
Mato Grosso,
Para
[incl.
Marajo Island],
Rondonia,
Roraima,
Tocantins),
Colombia,
Ecuador,
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Peru,
Surinam,
Venezuela.
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