Helicops (snake)
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Helicops | |
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Helicops infrataeniatus | |
Scientific classification | |
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 19 species are recognized as being valid.[1]
- Helicops angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- , & , 2013
- Moares da Silva, Cecilia Amaro, Sales-Nunes, Strassmann, Teixeira, Andrade, Sudre, Recoder, Rodrigues, & Curcio, 2019
- Helicops carinicaudus (Wied-Neuwied, 1825) - Wied's keelback
- Amaral, 1938
- Amaral, 1921
- Roux, 1910
- Helicops infrataeniatus Jan, 1865
- Helicops leopardinus (Schlegel, 1837)
- Günther, 1861
- , , Leal, & Garcia, 2016
- Shreve, 1934
- Rossman, 1976
- Moraes Da Silva, Amaro, Sales-Nunes, Rodrigues, & Curcio, 2021
- Günther, 1861
- Jan, 1865
- , 2005
- (Gray, 1849)
- Rossman & Dixon, 1975
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Helicops.
References[]
- ^ Genus Helicops at The Reptile Database.
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/
Categories:
- Colubrids
- Snake genera
- Taxa named by Johann Georg Wagler