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Helicops  Wagler, 1828
Taxonomic Serial No.: 700298

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbčnes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderSerpentes Linnaeus, 1758 – Snakes, cobra, serpente, serpents  
                               InfraorderAlethinophidia Nopcsa, 1923  
                                  FamilyColubridae Oppel, 1811 – Colubrids, Typical Snakes  
                                     SubfamilyDipsadinae Bonaparte, 1838  
                                        GenusHelicops Wagler, 1828  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Helicops angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Brown-banded Watersnake, Mountain Keelback 
                                           Species Helicops apiaka Kawashita-Ribeiro, Ávila and Morais, 2013  
                                           Species Helicops carinicaudus (Wied-Neuwied, 1825) – Wied's Keelback 
                                           Species Helicops danieli Amaral, 1938 – Daniel's Keelback 
                                           Species Helicops gomesi Amaral, 1921 – Sao Paulo Keelback 
                                           Species Helicops hagmanni Roux, 1910 – Hagmann's Keelback 
                                           Species Helicops infrataeniatus Jan, 1865  
                                           Species Helicops leopardinus (Schlegel, 1837) – Leopard Keelback 
                                           Species Helicops modestus Günther, 1861 – Olive Keelback 
                                           Species Helicops nentur Costa, Santana, Leal, Koroiva and Garcia, 2016  
                                           Species Helicops pastazae Shreve, 1934 – Shreve's Keelback 
                                           Species Helicops petersi Rossman, 1976 – Spiral Keelback 
                                           Species Helicops polylepis Günther, 1861 – Norman's Keelback 
                                           Species Helicops scalaris Jan, 1865 – Ladder Keelback, Hoge's Keelback 
                                           Species Helicops tapajonicus Da Frota, 2005  
                                           Species Helicops trivittatus (Gray, 1849) – Equatorial Keelback 
                                           Species Helicops yacu Rossman and Dixon, 1975 – Peru Keelback 
       

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  Source: Snake Species of the World, vol. undetermined, manuscript (version 2004)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: Working manuscript of follow-up volumes to McDiarmid et al. (1999), "Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1"   
  Reference for: Helicops   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Zaher, Hussam, Felipe Gobbi Grazziotin, John E. Cadle, Robert W. Murphy, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular phylogeny of advanced snakes (Serpentes, Caenophidia) with an emphasis on South American Xenodontines: a revised classification and descriptions of new taxa   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Săo Paulo), vol. 49, no. 11   
  Page(s): 115-153   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0031-1049   
  Notes: doi: 10.1590/S0031-10492009001100001   
  Reference for: Helicops   
       

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