Helicops (snake)
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.- Helicops acangussu
- Helicops angulatus – brown-banded water snake
- Helicops apiaka
- Helicops boitata
- Helicops carinicaudus – Wied's keelback
- Helicops danieli – Daniel's keelback
- Helicops gomesi – São Paulo keelback
- Helicops hagmanni – Hagmann's keelback
- Helicops infrataeniatus
- Helicops leopardinus – leopard keelback
- Helicops modestus – olive keelback
- Helicops nentur
- Helicops pastazae – Shreve's keelback
- Helicops petersi – spiral keelback
- Helicops phantasma
- Helicops polylepis – Norman's keelback
- Helicops scalaris – ladder keelback
- Helicops tapajonicus
- Helicops trivittatus – equatorial keelback
- Helicops yacu – Peru keelback