Biology:Helicops (snake)

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Short description: Genus of snakes

Helicops
Helicops infrataeniatus03.jpg
Helicops infrataeniatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Subfamily: Dipsadinae
Genus: Helicops
Wagler, 1828

Helicops is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.

Species

The following 20 species are recognized as being valid.[1]

  • Helicops acangussu Moraes-da-Silva, Walterman, Citeli, Sales-Nunes & Curcio, 2022
  • Helicops angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – brown-banded water snake
  • Helicops apiaka Kawashita-Ribeiro, Ávila & Morais, 2013
  • Helicops boitata Moares-da-Silva, Amaro, Sales-Nunes, Strüssmann, Teixeira, Andrade, Sudré, Recoder, Rodrigues & Curcio, 2019
  • Helicops carinicaudus (Wied-Neuwied, 1825) – Wied's keelback
  • Helicops danieli Amaral, 1938 – Daniel's keelback
  • Helicops gomesi Amaral, 1921 – São Paulo keelback
  • Helicops hagmanni Roux, 1910 – Hagmann's keelback
  • Helicops infrataeniatus Jan, 1865
  • Helicops leopardinus (Schlegel, 1837) – leopard keelback
  • Helicops modestus Günther, 1861 – olive keelback
  • Helicops nentur Costa, Santana, Leal, Koroiva & Garcia, 2016
  • Helicops pastazae Shreve, 1934 – Shreve's keelback
  • Helicops petersi Rossman, 1976 – spiral keelback
  • Helicops phantasma Moraes Da Silva, Amaro, Sales-Nunes, Rodrigues & Curcio, 2021
  • Helicops polylepis Günther, 1861 – Norman's keelback
  • Helicops scalaris Jan, 1865 – ladder keelback
  • Helicops tapajonicus da Frota, 2005
  • Helicops trivittatus (Gray, 1849) – equatorial keelback
  • Helicops yacu Rossman & Dixon, 1975 – Peru keelback

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Helicops.

References

Further reading

  • Freiberg M (1982). Snakes of South America. Hong Kong: T.F.H. Publications. 189 pp. ISBN:0-87666-912-7. (Helicops, p. 99).
  • Wagler J (1828). Descriptiones et Icones Amphibiorum. Part I, Plates I-XIII. Munich, Stuttgart, Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. (Helicops, new genus, Plate VII). (in Latin).
  • https://serpientesdevenezuela.org/helicops-scalaris/

Wikidata ☰ Q5091622 entry