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Helicops (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Family
  
Colubridae

Scientific name
  
Helicops

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Suborder
  
Serpentes

Subfamily
  
Dipsadinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Scaled reptiles

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Similar
  
Brown‑banded water snake, Helicops infrataeniatus, Helicops leopardinus, Oxyrhopus, Thamnodynastes

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

Species

The following 16 species are recognized as being valid.

  • Helicops angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Helicops apiaka Kawashita-Ribeiro, Ávila & Morais, 2013
  • Helicops carinicaudus (Wied-Neuwied, 1825)
  • Helicops danieli Amaral, 1938
  • Helicops gomesi Amaral, 1921
  • Helicops hagmanni Roux, 1910
  • Helicops infrataeniatus Jan, 1865
  • Helicops leopardinus (Schlegel, 1837)
  • Helicops modestus Günther, 1861
  • Helicops pastazae Shreve, 1934
  • Helicops petersi Rossman, 1976
  • Helicops polylepis Günther, 1861
  • Helicops scalaris Jan, 1865
  • Helicops tapajonicus da Frota, 2005
  • Helicops trivittatus (Gray, 1849)
  • Helicops yacu Rossman & Dixon, 1975

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

    References

    Helicops (genus) Wikipedia
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