Plica kathleenae

Plica kathleenae

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 Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Tropiduridae
Genus: Plica
Species: Plica kathleenae

Name

Plica kathleenae Murphy & Jowers, 2013: 64

• Holotype: FMNH 30931, adult ♂, collected by Emmet Reid Blake on the Sewell Avery British Guiana Expedition, in September-October 1938.
• Type locality: “Guyana, Boundary Camp, Itabu Creek headwaters (~1°42'N, 57°55'W) in the Sierra Acarai Mountains near the Brazilian border, at an elevation of about 549 m)”.
• Etymology: Named after Kathleen Kelly, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Field Museum of Natural History.

References

Primary 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. 2024. Plica kathleenae. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 October 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Kathleen’s Treerunner