Plica plica

Plica plica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Tropiduridae
Genus: Plica
Species: Plica plica

Name

Plica plica (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Lectotype: NRM 112. [designated by Etheridge (1970: 243)]
• Type locality: “Indiis”, corrected to “the vicinity of Paramaribo, Surinam” by Etheridge (1970: 242), restricted to “the confluence of the Cottica River and Perica Creek, Surinam” by Hoogmoed (1973: 43).

Combinations

• Lacerta plica Linnaeus, 1758: 208 [original combination]
• Sellio plica — Latreille, 1801: 27 [subsequent combination]
• Agama plica — Daudin, 1802: 412 [subsequent combination]
• Ecphymotes plica — Fitzinger, 1826: 49 [subsequent combination]
• Uraniscodon plica — Kaup, 1826: 91 [subsequent combination]
• Hypsibatus plica — Wagler, 1830: 150 [subsequent combination]
• Ophyessa (Plica) plica — Gray, 1831: 40 [subsequent combination]
• Hypselophus plica — Wiegmann, 1835: 289 [subsequent combination]
• Ptychosaurus (Ptychopleura) punctatus — Fitzinger, 1843: 59 [subsequent combination]
• Plica plica — Burt & Burt, 1930: 19 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 
• Etheridge, R. 1970. A review of the South American iguanid lizard genus Plica. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zolology 19(7): 235–246. BHL Reference page. 
• Hoogmoed, M.S. 1973. Notes on the herpetofauna of Surinam IV: the lizards and amphisbaenians of Surinam. Biogeographica Volume 1–5. Dr. W. Junk b.v. Publishers: The Hague. 419 pp.

Additional references

• 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. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.355.5868 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2025. Plica plica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 October 2020.
• Avila-Pires, T.C.S., Aparicio, J., Hoogmoed, M.S., Moravec, J. & Perez, P. 2020. IUCN: Plica plica  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T44579844A44579853. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T44579844A44579853.en. Accessed on 17 June 2022.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Stelzenläuferleguan
English: Tree Runner
español: Lagartija zanquera de los árboles
português do Brasil: Tamaquaré

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