
Mountain Keelbacks
Helicops
Helicops is a genus of snakes of the family Colubridae. The genus is endemic to South America.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 20 known species

Brown-banded watersnake
speciesHelicops angulatus

Leopard Keelback
speciesHelicops leopardinus

Brazilian Keelback
speciesHelicops infrataeniatus
Daniel's Keelback
speciesHelicops danieli

Wied's Keelback
speciesHelicops carinicaudus

Shreve's Keelback
speciesHelicops pastazae

Olive Keelback
speciesHelicops modestus
Norman's Keelback
speciesHelicops polylepis
Apiaká Keelback
speciesHelicops apiaka

Equatorial Keelback
speciesHelicops trivittatus

Hagmann's Keelback
speciesHelicops hagmanni

São Paulo Keelback
speciesHelicops gomesi

Spiral Keelback
speciesHelicops petersi

Hoge's Keelback
speciesHelicops scalaris

Helicops boitata
speciesHelicops boitata

Tapajós River Keelback
speciesHelicops tapajonicus

Peru Keelback
speciesHelicops yacu
Helicops phantasma
speciesHelicops phantasma
Helicops acangussu
speciesHelicops acangussu
Swamp Keelback
speciesHelicops nentur
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 29967.