Helicops (snake)

Helicops
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[]

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/