Genus of snakes
Helicops 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 , 2022Helicops angulatus (Linnaeus , 1758) – brown-banded water snakeHelicops apiaka Kawashita-Ribeiro , Ávila & Morais , 2013Helicops boitata Moares-da-Silva, Amaro , Sales-Nunes, Strüssmann , Teixeira , Andrade , Sudré , Recoder , Rodrigues & Curcio, 2019 Helicops carinicaudus (Wied-Neuwied , 1825) – Wied's keelbackHelicops danieli Amaral , 1938Helicops gomesi Amaral, 1921 – São Paulo keelbackHelicops hagmanni Roux , 1910Helicops infrataeniatus Jan , 1865Helicops leopardinus (Schlegel , 1837) – leopard keelbackHelicops modestus Günther , 1861Helicops nentur Costa , Santana , Leal , Koroiva & Garcia , 2016Helicops pastazae Shreve , 1934Helicops petersi Rossman , 1976Helicops phantasma Moraes Da Silva, Amaro, Sales-Nunes, Rodrigues & Curcio, 2021 Helicops polylepis Günther, 1861 – Norman's keelbackHelicops scalaris Jan, 1865 – ladder keelbackHelicops tapajonicus da Frota , 2005Helicops trivittatus (Gray , 1849) – equatorial keelbackHelicops yacu Rossman & Dixon , 1975 – Peru keelbackNota bene binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Helicops .
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