Helicops yacu

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 yacu

Name

Helicops yacu Rossman & Dixon, 1975: 412

• Holotype: TCWC 39093, adult ♀, collected by Pekka Soini on May 1972.
• Type locality: “Moropon, Departamento de Loreto, Peru”.

References

Primary references

• Rossman, D.A. & Dixon, J.R. 1975. A New Colubrid Snake of the Genus Helicops from Peru. Herpetologica 31(4): 412–414. JSTOR Reference page. 

Links

• Perez, J., Lehr, E. & Nogueira, C. de C. 2020. IUCN: Helicops yacu  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T15179127A15179131. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T15179127A15179131.en. Accessed on 24 January 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Peru Keelback