Plica rayi

Plica rayi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pleurodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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 Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Iguania Parvordo: Pleurodonta

Familia: Tropiduridae
Genus: Plica
Species: Plica rayi

Plica rayi Murphy & Jowers, 2013: 67

Holotype: FMNH 177926, adult ♂, collected by Gary Myers in 1962.
Type locality: “Venezuela, Amazonas, Puerto Ayacucho (~05°39'N; 67°38'W), on the Orinoco River”.
Etymology: Named after Ray Pawley, former Curator of Reptiles at Brookfield Zoo.

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.

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Plica rayi. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 October 2020.

English: Ray’s Treerunner

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