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title: "Collared Treerunner"
description: "Plica plica — Reptielen. Plica plica is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae, the Neotropical ground lizards."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/collared-treerunner
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Collared Treerunner

> Plica plica — Reptielen. Plica plica is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae, the Neotropical ground lizards.

- Scientific name: *Plica plica*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1212
- Wikidata: [Q3392436](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3392436)
- iNaturalist taxon: [109818](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/109818)

## Names

- en: Collared Treerunner
- de: Stelzenläuferleguan
- fr: Tropidure plissé
- pt: Calango Seringueiro

## Countries with the most observations

PE (448), GF (213), BR (198), EC (145), CO (65), SR (43), BO (16), GY (6), VE (6)

## Summary

Plica plica is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae, the Neotropical ground lizards. Its common names include collared tree lizard, collared tree runner,tree runner, and harlequin racerunner. In Guyana it is known as wakanama.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plica_plica

## Photo

![Collared Treerunner](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/collared-treerunner/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/339729557

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/collared-treerunner?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).