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Plica umbra - closeup, La Isla Escondida, Colombia A JungleDragon found at night.<br />
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Plica umbra - closeup, La Isla Escondida, Colombia

A JungleDragon found at night.

Plica umbra - La Isla Escondida, Colombia A JungleDragon found at night.<br />
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Plica umbra - frontal, La Isla Escondida, Colombia A JungleDragon found at night. <br />
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comments (7)

Christine Young

Lion

Great shot :) Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! Posted 6 years ago

John Sullivan

Lion

Great lizard! That's a Plica sp. rather than Enyalioides sp.

I'm guessing it's Plica medemi, but I don't know too much about the difference between that species and other Plica species. There's some info at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/3574/element/2/19/ Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, that steers me in the right direction. Medemi does look close, the only other candidate in the genus that I found visually very similar is umbra:
  https://mikeleftagain.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/more-stuffs/plica-umbra-1/
  
  and the subspecies umbra ochrocollaris:
  https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/115983-Plica-umbra-ochrocollaris/browse_photos
  
  Thoughts? Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. John Sullivan
    
    Lion
    
    Ha, some of those iNaturalist photos are mine. I've seen a number of Plica umbra ochrocollaris in Peru.
    
    Reading further on Plica medemi, that species was only described in 2013 and at the time was known from only a single specimen, from right in the center of Colombia. Plica umbra is known to be widespread, across multiple countries. So yours is probably Plica umbra. I haven't been able to track down where the subspecies bounds are between Plica umbra umbra and Plica umbra ochrocollaris. Posted 6 years ago

Stephen Philips

Lion

Fantastic, sharp, and the eye!!! Posted 6 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! Posted 6 years ago

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The Harlequin Racerunner

Plica umbra, the Harlequin Racerunner, is a lizard in the Plica genus, found throughout the lowlands of northern South America.

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Similar species: Snakes And Lizards

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Nov 30, 2018. Captured Oct 17, 2018 20:36.

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