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Plica caribeana Murphy & Jowers, 2013 is a animal in the Tropiduridae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Plica caribeana Murphy & Jowers, 2013 (Plica caribeana Murphy & Jowers, 2013)
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Plica caribeana Murphy & Jowers, 2013

Plica caribeana Murphy & Jowers, 2013

Plica caribeana, the Caribbean treerunner, is a Tropiduridae South American lizard found in northern South America and nearby islands.

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Family
Genus
Plica
Order
Class
Squamata

About Plica caribeana Murphy & Jowers, 2013

Nomenclature and Taxonomy

Plica caribeana, commonly known as the Caribbean treerunner, is a species of South American lizard that belongs to the Tropiduridae family.

Geographic Distribution

This species can be found in Venezuela, Trinidad, Suriname, and the Bocas Islands.

Taxonomic Publication

Its scientific name was published by Murphy & Jowers in 2013.

Photo: (c) Saifudeen Muhammad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Saifudeen Muhammad · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Tropiduridae Plica

More from Tropiduridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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