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Genus of snakes
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