Helicops phantasma

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Dipsadidae
Subfamilia: Xenodontinae
Genus: Helicops
Species: Helicops phantasma

Name

Helicops phantasma Moraes-da-Silva, Amaro, Nunes, Rodrigues & Curcio, 2022

• Holotype: UFMT-R 8290, adult ♂, collected by Ricardo A. Kawashita-Ribeiro on 26 August 2009.
• Type locality: “Brazil, Mato Grosso, Barra do Garças (15°21’35”S, 52°28’08”W), 840 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Moraes-da-Silva, A., Amaro, R.C., Nunes, P.M.S., Rodrigues, M.T. & Curcio, F.F. 2021. Long known, brand new, and possibly threatened: a new species of watersnake of the genus Helicops Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes; Xenodontinae) from the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 4903(2): 217–241. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.2.3 Reference page.