Plica umbra, the blue-lipped tree lizard or harlequin racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae. The species is found in South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador).
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Blue-lipped Tree Lizard being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Calotes liolepis
- Gonocephalus liogaster
- Uranoscodon superciliosus
- Gonocephalus bornensis
- Monilesaurus ellioti
- Plica caribeana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Tropiduridae
- Genus
- Plica
- Species
- Plica umbra
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