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<treatment id="C00B0E8D8788E1F5CD976AB0BB5F253D" ID-GBIF-Taxon="152049786" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F06E2E69-0BD2-474F-827A-8D6F1FA1430B" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C00B0E8D8788E1F5CD976AB0BB5F253D" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="60" pageId="7" pageNumber="56">
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<taxonomicName id="FBAFE29E6388A575C6B7BC85B71C912A" ID-CoL="4KFNZ" LSID="http://zoobank.org/F06E2E69-0BD2-474F-827A-8D6F1FA1430B" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica caribeana" pageId="7" pageNumber="56" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caribeana">Plica caribeana</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="7C2B5D7BD3EBF6EBD473A188D9EBB458" pageId="7" pageNumber="56">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Caribbean treerunnerFigs 7, 8a, 9a
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<taxonomicName id="32DDA6153C90A74E277A4CF49AE4AF38" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Hypsibatus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hypsibatus agamoides" pageId="7" pageNumber="56" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="agamoides">Hypsibatus agamoides</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation id="6D10552BDFBCD75682FD9B266E3665A8" author="Court, J" editor="DeVerteuil, LAAG" journalOrPublisher="Ward and Lock, London" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" pagination="440 - 441" title="Catalogue of Reptiles." year="1858">Court 1858</bibRefCitation>
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: 440.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="AF506D016E577FDEF693EA1279645AC7" pageId="7" pageNumber="56">
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<taxonomicName id="41C33C8434A87EE2D9C3AE89EC989F23" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Uraniscodon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Uraniscodon plica" pageId="7" pageNumber="56" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="plica">Uraniscodon plica</taxonomicName>
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-
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<bibRefCitation id="3ED4AD8FD5746405E9DEC77D51D6DA7F" author="Boulenger, GA" journalOrPublisher="London" pageId="19" pageNumber="68" title="Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History)." year="1885">Boulenger 1885</bibRefCitation>
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, 2: 180 [in part].
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B48D8EEA82D4EB8B7C971CCA70A75E33" pageId="7" pageNumber="56">
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<taxonomicName id="15A897174DF66B6BC4CCBD51B338D825" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica plica" pageId="7" pageNumber="56" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="plica">Plica plica</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation id="4F54FCFC32D6DF691E88F96551EFF355" author="Burt, CE" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" pagination="227 - 395" title="South American lizards in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History." volume="61" year="1931">Burt and Burt 1931</bibRefCitation>
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: 282 [in part].
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="18ADC356C4F18155972F368DCA7072FD" pageId="7" pageNumber="56">
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<taxonomicName id="50E9140CA1DF1A4B26EB79A1671B9543" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Tropidurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tropidurus plica" pageId="7" pageNumber="56" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="plica">Tropidurus plica</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation id="813748490EEF7A1B5042E42EDBFACA83" author="Frost, DR" journalOrPublisher="American Museum Novitates" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" pagination="1 - 68" title="Phylogenetic analysis and taxonomy of the Tropidurus group of lizards (Iguania: Tropiduridae)." volume="3033" year="1992">Frost 1992</bibRefCitation>
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: 1 [in part].
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2DCFBF043B556DA29EB50545DA926E2B" pageId="7" pageNumber="56">Holotype.</paragraph>
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FMNH 49838, an adult female, 110 mm SVL, 172 mm tail. Collected in 1947 by Frank Wonder, the Republic ofTrinidad & Tobago, Trinidad: San Rafael (~
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,
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).
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<paragraph id="A73751BDFEBDF82FCEF828322410E8CB" pageId="7" pageNumber="56">Other material.</paragraph>
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Trinidad: Brickfield (~
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="0CE3A97184F766B58DD3F31213BFE8D4" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-61.266666">61°16'W</geoCoordinate>
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) 49834-35; Maracas (~
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="2FCF71732F02C3F992D01B64419BB0B1" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-61.416668">61°25'W</geoCoordinate>
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) MCZ 60826; Mt. Harris (~
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<geoCoordinate id="2417F8D7B783F3D32722B1F0DEC21A02" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="10.5">10°30'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="CA2A527972212265567A97C9F0AAFB10" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-61.1">61°06'W</geoCoordinate>
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) FMNH 49836; Nariva MCZ 60825; St. Annes MCZ 9002; San Rafael (~
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<geoCoordinate id="D2B4E5A52E8158AF80B829E91B8294E7" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="10.566667">10°34'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="505258301F647427B6DD6FB9F63250ED" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-61.266666">61°16'W</geoCoordinate>
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) FMNH 49837; Tucker Valley (~
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<geoCoordinate id="5B802F29AB4B2FA5AEB6B3162C60ABB8" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="10.7">10°42'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="D33F3D58F109836635B84C995EE2C57E" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-61.6">61°36'W</geoCoordinate>
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) FMNH 40448; no specific locality FMNH 25014; Cuesa River, Chagaramas (~ 10°
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<geoCoordinate id="CF6BFC9DE55B49225817613E47A52510" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="55" value="43.319">43.319N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="99CA2F182E615135B1068E57E6067A71" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="92" value="-61.643333">61°38.6'W</geoCoordinate>
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) UWIZM
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<pageBreakToken id="8C46440DE180C4E3A78ADFA2C5AF3F3A" pageId="8" pageNumber="57" start="start">2012.27.56</pageBreakToken>
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. Venezuela: Sucre, Guaranunos (~
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<geoCoordinate id="42CA652E221755DE9939C0DCB8A56DFC" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="10.533334">10°32'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="26F9455A8CBD7990288BB50449A8C921" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-63.1">63°06'W</geoCoordinate>
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) KU167497-98, 167500-3; Cumana, Muchorapo (~
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<geoCoordinate id="FA27B2DA24363D583FE6DB3C926E85B5" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="10.45">10°27'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="2D483028CD581C5710589F6BFBC190D4" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-64.166664">64°10'W</geoCoordinate>
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), KU117088. Sucre, Chacaracual (~
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<geoCoordinate id="C4031A4C18313950D45E4F91FF6E4E5B" direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="9.85">9°51'N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="EEF59A019841CB47B05E1EAFB05F29F2" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="925" value="-63.7">63°42'W</geoCoordinate>
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) MCZ 43861-65, 81186-89; Monagas: MCZ 88185.
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<subSubSection id="071CAADA814B03200464D9BA0C787A24" pageId="8" pageNumber="57" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="933BCE2B4B79646A1F7C151013807395" pageId="8" pageNumber="57">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="26617BA07D71DA2E7C1CB276F7ECF635" pageId="8" pageNumber="57">
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A
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<taxonomicName id="94DA1B7C3FF6BC956E692A0128232867" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica" pageId="8" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Plica</taxonomicName>
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with dorsal scales in 92-125 (usually 110-125) rows at mid-body; scales on snout imbricate and keeled; dorsolateral and ventrolateral folds well developed; head length 21-22% of the SVL; one longitudinal dewlap fold; and a dorsal pattern of black and green transverse bands.
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<taxonomicName id="57188D9D69799649158F19B3346C0135" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica plica" pageId="8" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="plica">Plica plica</taxonomicName>
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has 126-140 dorsal scale rows at mid body and two longitudinal dewlap folds. The middle Orinoco species,
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<taxonomicName id="E4BCFCB0DB9A8BA24E02636BBD469CDF" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica rayi" pageId="8" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rayi">Plica rayi</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. has 180-202 scale rows at mid-body; flat, juxtaposed scales on the snout; and the ventrolateral fold is weakly spinose. The Sierra Acarai Mountain's (Guyana)
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<taxonomicName id="2B581629839B1FE201FDF635EF3D1E0A" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica kathleenae" pageId="8" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kathleenae">Plica kathleenae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. has 158 scale rows around mid-body; head 29% of SVL; and lacks gular mite pockets (all other species have them). The species from southern Meta, Colombia
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<taxonomicName id="75E6841DA2CA0588CD2BBFE7D1276873" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica medemi" pageId="8" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="medemi">Plica medemi</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., has 145 scale rows at mid-body, and a dorsal pattern of six rows of small, bold, dark, irregular spots. The two species, associated with the Venezuelan tepuis (
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<taxonomicName id="59EBC5EA43DFE6B2288F8412E9DF4246" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica lumaria" pageId="8" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lumaria">Plica lumaria</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="7F57C4B3024F529E9397954A026EA900" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica pansticta" pageId="8" pageNumber="57" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pansticta">Plica pansticta</taxonomicName>
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) have a higher number of scale rows at mid-body (141-164) and smooth scales on the snout.
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<paragraph id="1C4D745D6A4CBD9A815764405E5C3607" pageId="8" pageNumber="57">Description of holotype.</paragraph>
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Rostral band-like (much wider than tall), contacts five post-rostral scales; nasals positioned over first labial, separated from upper labials by 1-2 scales, separated from each other by six scales; scales on snout imbricate, keeled, in regular rows, with asperities; loreals in seven rows (some keeled); canthals single, contacts three loreals, separated by eight inter-canthals scales; circumorbital scales 11/12, keeled, smaller posteriorly; separated from occipitoparietal by small scales; occipitoparietal broader than long; subocular plates 5/5, with serrated keel; upper labials 5/5, fifth is longest; supraciliaries in three layers, eight scales per layer; auditory meatus has
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cluster of spiny scales on anterior margin, none on posterior margin, ventral fold has a cluster of spiny scales; two tufts of spines on neck, anterior tuft largest; antegular and gular folds complete, dewlap fold originates from the antegular fold; four mite pockets present, two under each fold; mental rounded, contacts four postmentals; lower labials 6/6; scales on throat small, quadrangular and smooth; dorsal crest well developed onto tail; dorsolateral fold well developed to thigh; ventrolateral fold present along length of body; scales around mid-body 125; ventrals 53; dorsal surfaces of limbs covered with mucronate scales, ventral surfaces covered with larger, smooth scales; fourth finger with 29 lamellae; fourth toe with 32 lamellae; feet 37% of SVL; tail depressed at base, cylindrical distally.
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<paragraph id="266468960D09D8B14276904BAABACD7B" pageId="9" pageNumber="58">In alcohol, a uniform brown gray dorsum; tail with alternating, indistinct dark and pale bands; forearms and lower legs also with indistinct bands; chin spotted, black gular center; venter of body and tail cream.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7795B9D46E592DAB5D16CE0F4D13AEF1" pageId="9" pageNumber="58">Variation.</paragraph>
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Rostral makes contact with five or six post-rostral scales; nasals separated from each other by 5-7 scales; canthal single or double, in contact with 2-4 loreals, separated by 6-8 inter-canthal scales; circumorbital scales 11 or 12 in Trinidad
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northern Venezuelan populations, 8 to 10 in Bolivar, Venezuela populations; upper labials usually four, rarely five; loreal region has 6 -9 rows of weakly keeled loreals between canthal and upper labials; suboculars usually five, rarely six; lower labials 5-6, bordered by 3-5 rows of slightly enlarged scales; dorsal scales in 92-125 rows around mid-body (usually 110-125); dorsal crest well developed in males, less so in females.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7D26EF857CFDD012217076253D37F717" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="60" pageId="10" pageNumber="59">
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Color in life (Fig. 7), head mostly green with black markings on supraciliaries, a black postorbital stripe and indistinct black bars on labials; dorsum mostly green with 4-6 transverse brown bands; vertebral crest mostly black but interrupted with green between the
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<pageBreakToken id="324466C4618E3FB40060746F81BC3119" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" start="start">brown</pageBreakToken>
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bands; limbs and feet with alternating green and brown bands; tail with alternating black and green bands; ventral surface mostly uniform white with brown mottling.
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</paragraph>
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<caption id="435E35AE7796EC38AEE63C60791D3C4D" pageId="11" pageNumber="60">
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<paragraph id="55016E97429E44196E452F316C5F2A4A" pageId="11" pageNumber="60">
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Figure 7.
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<taxonomicName id="B00626614A723CD18FB3A37120A7801D" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica caribeana" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caribeana">Plica caribeana</taxonomicName>
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, from the Arima Valley of Trinidad.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="B1FBA26207BB84744B8479399C34A8E0" pageId="11" pageNumber="60">
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Body and tail sizes.
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<normalizedToken id="2E2B1735F195A466641AE879BA0B8B55" originalValue="Female’s">Female's</normalizedToken>
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SVL 105-121 mm (n=6, x=98.8. SD=18.22); undamaged tails 132-205 mm (n=5, x=170.6, SD=33.83).
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<normalizedToken id="24C65A51470B5C8CE4A179225C793101" originalValue="Male’s">Male's</normalizedToken>
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SVL 81-121(n=12, x=104.17, SD=12.04); undamaged tails (n=7) 132-205 mm (x-=170.6, SD= 32.63). Hind feet average about 39% of the SVL.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="683912237293A874E57B60B457C86BD8" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="6ABC71F3980B9E64D3560FF7E18B7330" pageId="11" pageNumber="60">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4BA07344DBA05BE5DA8DE52F365A3042" pageId="11" pageNumber="60">Named for its Caribbean Coastal Range distribution.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="306087EDC9AC6A915A43B2295690AA7C" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="69BE6D329FCAA50E366DAE24DB4405CD" pageId="11" pageNumber="60">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1F65D3A4F0228A27192DCAFF90F4CDB2" pageId="11" pageNumber="60">
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Eastern Coastal Range (Cordillera de la Costa Oriental) of Venezuela south into Bolivar; Trinidad, the Bocas Islands (Huevos, Monos, and Gaspar Grande); Tobago (
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<bibRefCitation id="643C00D804BDD2FCFF5EEAB35CAB51D1" author="Murphy, JC" journalOrPublisher="Living World, Journal of the Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club" pageId="21" pageNumber="70" pagination="87 - 95" title="The changing Trinidad and Tobago herpetofauna." volume="2012" year="2012">Murphy and Downie 2012</bibRefCitation>
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).
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||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="487187F1E7BA394E455AB22CF097A126" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" type="ecology">
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<paragraph id="BE3175F735859AD4A8EDF66C1516F0C9" pageId="11" pageNumber="60">Ecology.</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="661D8F111DF9E6AAF57F01068B337B46" pageId="11" pageNumber="60">
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||
<taxonomicName id="986C7980397B81D34F7728F0CD9B2589" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica caribeana" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caribeana">Plica caribeana</taxonomicName>
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||
is a forest and forest-edge species most frequently observed on tree-trunks, rock walls, walls of caves, and buildings. They often occur in small colonies of 6-15 individuals, usually positioned with head downward, but slightly raised off the substrate. They are ambush insectivores feeding on ant columns, beetles, cicadas, spiders, and other arthropods. Females are reported to lay clutches of two eggs; the smallest juvenile measured for this study was 47 mm SVL with a damaged tail; this species is known to be preyed upon by the snake
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||
<taxonomicName id="3FC2F37E17060FCD53C97CA03504765D" class="Squamata" family="Colubridae" genus="Siphlophis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Siphlophis compressus" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="compressus">Siphlophis compressus</taxonomicName>
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||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="5ABF70EBA82DCC4180BA7A874508AD7E" author="Boos, HEA" journalOrPublisher="Trinidad Naturalist" pageId="19" pageNumber="68" pagination="32 - 35" title="Iguanas (Part 1)." volume="1" year="1977">Boos 1977</bibRefCitation>
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||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="393DBDC9F011E2B79CE414DD26750745" author="Murphy, JC" journalOrPublisher="Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar" pageId="21" pageNumber="70" title="Amphibians and reptiles of Trinidad and Tobago." year="1997">Murphy 1997</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Note that
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="CA4782969A48717111597DBC940D79E0" author="Beebe, W" journalOrPublisher="Zoologica" pageId="19" pageNumber="68" pagination="195 - 216" title="Field notes on the lizards of Kartabo, British Guiana and Caripito, Venezuela. Part 2. Iguanidae." volume="29" year="1944">
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||
<normalizedToken id="96F200D039F79DD24F43D0071EADD301" originalValue="Beebe’s">Beebe's</normalizedToken>
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||
(1944)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
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||
comments on
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||
<taxonomicName id="8FBFC7735EBF244C6C0B7895BEC57925" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica plica" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="plica">Plica plica</taxonomicName>
|
||
may be partially applicable to this species.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="0CBBD31D578494BA7F652DF5EE678DF4" pageId="11" pageNumber="60">
|
||
<paragraph id="C39402C6AD94DBD2D40FBEA4E3B8CE2D" pageId="11" pageNumber="60">
|
||
Figure 8. A comparison of dorsal scale morphology at mid- body near the dorsal crest. Anterior is to the left in all images. The scale bar shown in each image is one millimeter. Only large adult specimens were used for scale comparisons. A
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||
<taxonomicName id="18AE77B1418C036E61F0130E41088240" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica plica" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="plica">Plica plica</taxonomicName>
|
||
, FMNH 128950B
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AEECB7B3355D4367C55FA40C7E3B854A" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica caribeana" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caribeana">Plica caribeana</taxonomicName>
|
||
, FMNH 49838 C
|
||
<taxonomicName id="12E09D777BE937D7658C39F42D432CC8" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica kathleenae" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kathleenae">Plica kathleenae</taxonomicName>
|
||
, FMNH 30931 D
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C9A935A8D39A7D7D4116DF0B9410C4E4" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica medemi" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="medemi">Plica medemi</taxonomicName>
|
||
FMNH 165207 E
|
||
<taxonomicName id="188665DFD0EC612D55DC823EE0F4EE48" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica rayi" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rayi">Plica rayi</taxonomicName>
|
||
, FMNH 177925, and F is a
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1A237A6DDDE78F55D90007377E7A6A98" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Plica</taxonomicName>
|
||
cf. plica from Amazonas, Venezuela, MCZ 101841.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="F692F7FD5396F097B41CC0C64BAE246D" pageId="11" pageNumber="60">
|
||
<paragraph id="52FA4DFC12662078FCAB9297BDE37FF2" pageId="11" pageNumber="60">
|
||
Figure 9. A comparison of head scalation for five species in the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4DFE46E63E852B1F5AAA374530E0410E" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica plica" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="plica">Plica plica</taxonomicName>
|
||
Group found in northern South America. A
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9DD6535A052B7F2E936967BBEA8A9425" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica caribeana" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caribeana">Plica caribeana</taxonomicName>
|
||
FMNH 49838 B
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A5190D098FDD40ACAD92E0EB9700066A" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica kathleenae" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kathleenae">Plica kathleenae</taxonomicName>
|
||
FMNH 30931 C
|
||
<taxonomicName id="933C8E758AA469FF636184DA422A7AC7" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica medemi" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="medemi">Plica medemi</taxonomicName>
|
||
FMNH 165207 D
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E5CB7C88E2326801D81613FD13BA685C" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica plica" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="plica">Plica plica</taxonomicName>
|
||
FMNH 128950 E
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DF4EDEFB9F041E25C5943BEB52A6EF8A" class="Squamata" family="Tropiduridae" genus="Plica" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Plica rayi" pageId="11" pageNumber="60" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rayi">Plica rayi</taxonomicName>
|
||
FMNH 177926.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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