Plica

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Toxicofera
Subordo: Iguania
Infraordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Tropiduridae
Genus: Plica
Species (8): P. caribeana – P. kathleenae – P. lumaria – P. medemi – P. pansticta – P. plica – P. rayi – P. umbra
Name

Plica Gray, 1831

Type species: Lacerta plica Linnaeus, 1758, by monotypy.

References
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 Open access Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Plica . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 October 2020.

Plica is a genus of tropidurid lizards found in South America and the Caribbean. Species in the genus Plica are arboreal, medium-sized lizards.[1]
Taxonomy

For a long time, the genus Plica was considered to include four species: two relatively widespread ones (P. plica and P. umbra) and two tepuis-associated species with narrow distributions (P. lumaria and P. pansticta). However, recent research has shown that P. plica is a cryptic species complex, and four new species were described in 2013. The species count will likely increase as there are still several undescribed species.[1]
Species

The currently recognized species are the following:[2]

Plica lumaria Donnelly & C. Myers, 1991
Plica pansticta (C. Myers & Donnelly, 2001)
Plica plica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Plica umbra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Formerly included in Plica plica:[1]

Plica caribeana Murphy & Jowers, 2013
Plica kathleenae Murphy & Jowers, 2013
Plica medemi Murphy & Jowers, 2013
Plica rayi Murphy & Jowers, 2013

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Plica.
References

Murphy JC, Jowers MJ (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. PMC 3867189. PMID 24363569.
Plica at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 21 May 2014..