Tree Runner
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Tree Runner

Plica plica

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
32 Verified records at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve
October Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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. Wikipedia →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Tree Runner sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, based on 32 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve

Blue-lipped Tree Lizard
LC

Blue-lipped Tree Lizard

☀️🌙 Day & Night Reptile

Plica umbra

10–20% · With luck
Tropical Thornytail Iguana
LC

Tropical Thornytail Iguana

☀️ Diurnal Reptile

Uracentron flaviceps

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

20–30
Jan
10–20
Feb
20–30
Mar
10–20
Apr
5–10
May
10–20
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
10–20
Sep
40–50
Oct
20–30
Nov
20–30
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Brownsberg Nature Park 🇸🇷 Suriname
40–50%
2 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
30–40%
3 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
30–40%
4 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
20–30%
5 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
10–20%
6 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
10–20%
7 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
Insufficient data
8 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
Insufficient data
9 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Tree Runner in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?

About 19% of wildlife watchers report a Tree Runner sighting in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, based on 32 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Tree Runner in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve?

October has the highest sighting rate for Tree Runner in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve in our monthly data.

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