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

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.

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